SCA: security update for @react-native-community/cli, @react-native-community/cli-server-api (GHSA-399j-vxmf-hjvr)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435983

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The Metro Development Server, which is opened by the React Native Community CLI, binds to external
interfaces by default. The server exposes an endpoint that is vulnerable to OS command injection. This
allows unauthenticated network attackers to send a POST request to the server and run arbitrary
executables. On Windows, the attackers can also execute arbitrary shell commands with fully controlled
arguments. (CVE-2025-11953)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-399j-vxmf-hjvr

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435983

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.81

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11953

cwe: CWE-78