SCA: security update for @ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine, ckeditor5 (GHSA-rh54-vffm-5fvp)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477696

Description

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

- CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript rich-text editor with an MVC architecture. From 45.0.0 until 47.7.4 and
48.5.1, the engine uses a vulnerable es-toolkit version whose prototype-pollution behavior can be reached
while CKEditor processes incoming style attribute values. Crafted editor content can thereby cause
unauthorized JavaScript execution in the browser. This issue is fixed in versions 47.7.4 and 48.5.1.
(CVE-2026-116688)

Solution

Update the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine library and its related packages to version 47.7.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 477696

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.55

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116688

cwe: CWE-79

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