SCA: security update for jstestdriver (GHSA-ph8p-2g97-9654)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446847

Description

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

- jstestdriver is a wrapper for Google's jstestdriver. jstestdriver downloads binary resources over HTTP,
which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by
swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or
positioned in between the user and the remote server. (CVE-2016-10643)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446847

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10643

cwe: CWE-311

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