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SCA: security update for Microsoft.ChakraCore (GHSA-vr4j-gj8q-m89v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437280

Description

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

 - The Chakra JavaScript engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
 crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." (CVE-2016-7189)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vr4j-gj8q-m89v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437280

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7189

BID: 93427

cwe: CWE-119