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SCA: security update for client-certificate-auth (GHSA-m4w9-gch5-c2g4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437614

Description

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

 - client-certificate-auth is middleware for Node.js implementing client SSL certificate
 authentication/authorization. Versions 0.2.1 and 0.3.0 of client-certificate-auth contain an open redirect
 vulnerability. The middleware unconditionally redirects HTTP requests to HTTPS using the unvalidated Host
 header, allowing an attacker to redirect users to arbitrary domains. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0.
 (CVE-2026-25651)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4w9-gch5-c2g4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437614

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/6/2026

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-2026-25651

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: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25651

cwe: CWE-601