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SCA: security update for sm-crypto (GHSA-qv7w-v773-3xqm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436862

Description

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

 - sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. A
 signature malleability vulnerability exists in the SM2 signature verification logic of the sm-crypto
 library prior to version 0.3.14. An attacker can derive a new valid signature for a previously signed
 message from an existing signature. Version 0.3.14 patches the issue. (CVE-2026-23967)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv7w-v773-3xqm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436862

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/21/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23967

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23967

cwe: CWE-347