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SCA: security update for expr-eval-fork (GHSA-jc85-fpwf-qm7x)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436018

Description

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

 - The expr-eval library is a JavaScript expression parser and evaluator designed to safely evaluate
 mathematical expressions with user-defined variables. However, due to insufficient input validation, an
 attacker can pass a crafted context object or use MEMBER of the context object into the evaluate()
 function and trigger arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-12735)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jc85-fpwf-qm7x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436018

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/10/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12735

cwe: CWE-94