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SCA: security update for flat (GHSA-2j2x-2gpw-g8fm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408951

Description

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

 - A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in hughsk flat up to 5.0.0. This affects the
 function unflatten of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of
 object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
 Upgrading to version 5.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is
 20ef0ef55dfa028caddaedbcb33efbdb04d18e13. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The
 identifier VDB-216777 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36632)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j2x-2gpw-g8fm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408951

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36632

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36632