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SCA: security update for is_js (GHSA-pvrw-g6fx-mcx2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446607

Description

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

 - is.js is a general-purpose check library. Versions 0.9.0 and prior contain one or more regular expressions
 that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). is.js uses a regex copy-pasted from a
 gist to validate URLs. Trying to validate a malicious string can cause the regex to loop “forever." This
 vulnerability was found using a CodeQL query which identifies inefficient regular expressions. is.js has
 no patch for this issue. (CVE-2020-26302)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvrw-g6fx-mcx2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446607

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26302