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SCA: security update for katex (GHSA-3wc5-fcw2-2329)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409727

Description

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

 - KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. Code that uses KaTeX's `trust` option,
 specifically that provides a function to blacklist certain URL protocols, can be fooled by URLs in
 malicious inputs that use uppercase characters in the protocol. In particular, this can allow for
 malicious input to generate `javascript:` links in the output, even if the `trust` function tries to
 forbid this protocol via `trust: (context) => context.protocol !== 'javascript'`. Upgrade to KaTeX
 v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-28246)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wc5-fcw2-2329

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409727

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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: 3/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28246

cwe: CWE-184