SCA: security update for @auth0/nextjs-auth0 (GHSA-2mqv-4j3r-vjvp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408995

Description

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

- The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. Versions
before 1.6.2 do not filter out certain returnTo parameter values from the login url, which expose the
application to an open redirect vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are
no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2021-43812)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mqv-4j3r-vjvp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408995

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43812

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 12/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43812

cwe: CWE-601