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SCA: security update for json (GHSA-3m6g-2423-7cp3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439002

Description

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

 - Ruby JSON is a JSON implementation for Ruby. From version 2.14.0 to before versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2,
 and 2.19.2, a format string injection vulnerability can lead to denial of service attacks or information
 disclosure, when the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option is used to parse user supplied documents.
 This issue has been patched in versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2, and 2.19.2. (CVE-2026-33210)

Solution

Update the json library and its related packages to version 2.15.2.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3m6g-2423-7cp3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439002

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33210

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33210

cwe: CWE-134