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SCA: security update for @nestjs/microservices (GHSA-hpwf-8g29-85qm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440316

Description

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

 - Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.1.19, when an
 attacker sends many small, valid JSON messages in one TCP frame, handleData() recurses once per message;
 the buffer shrinks each call. maxBufferSize is never reached; call stack overflows instead. A ~47 KB
 payload is sufficient to trigger RangeError. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.1.19. (CVE-2026-40879)

Solution

Update the @nestjs/microservices library and its related packages to version 11.1.19 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpwf-8g29-85qm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 440316

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/14/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

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:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40879

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40879