SCA: security update for nicegui (GHSA-m7j5-rq9j-6jj9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437135

Description

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

- NiceGUI is a Python-based UI framework. From versions 2.22.0 to 3.4.1, an unsafe implementation in the
click event listener used by ui.sub_pages, combined with attacker-controlled link rendering on the page,
causes XSS when the user actively clicks on the link. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.0.
(CVE-2026-21872)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7j5-rq9j-6jj9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437135

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21872

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21872

cwe: CWE-79