SCA: security update for mootools (GHSA-x6hx-7gh3-3q98)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446839

Description

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

- This affects all versions of package mootools. This is due to the ability to pass untrusted input to
Object.merge() (CVE-2021-23432)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x6hx-7gh3-3q98

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446839

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23432

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23432