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SCA: security update for jsonata (GHSA-2943-5xfg-gq5f)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446224

Description

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

 - JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 1.8.8 and 2.2.1, the src/jsonata.js
 environment.lookup function used a bypassable hasOwnProperty check. Crafted expressions could use
 $hasOwnProperty, $spread, $string, prototype access, and $constructor to reach the object prototype and
 invoke process.getBuiltinModule with child_process, executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the
 host process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.8 and 2.2.1. (CVE-2026-77414)

Solution

Update the jsonata library and its related packages to version 1.8.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2943-5xfg-gq5f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446224

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/22/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-77414

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-77414

cwe: CWE-94