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SCA: security update for node-forge (GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409056

Description

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

 - Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript.
 Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not properly check `DigestInfo`
 for a proper ASN.1 structure. This can lead to successful verification with signatures that contain
 invalid structures but a valid digest. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There
 are currently no known workarounds. (CVE-2022-24773)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409056

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24773

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 3/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24773

cwe: CWE-347