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SCA: security update for github.com/esm-dev/esm.sh (GHSA-2657-3c98-63jq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436846

Description

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

 - esm.sh is a no-build content delivery network (CDN) for web development. Prior to Go pseeudoversion
 0.0.0-20260116051925-c62ab83c589e, the software has a path traversal vulnerability due to an incomplete
 fix. `path.Clean` normalizes a path but does not prevent absolute paths in a malicious tar file. Commit
 https://github.com/esm-dev/esm.sh/commit/9d77b88c320733ff6689d938d85d246a3af9af16, corresponding to
 pseudoversion 0.0.0-20260116051925-c62ab83c589e, fixes this issue. (CVE-2026-23644)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2657-3c98-63jq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436846

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/21/2026

Updated: 7/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23644

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23644

cwe: CWE-22