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SCA: security update for json-pointer (GHSA-6xrf-q977-5vgc)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411711

Description

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

 - A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer up to 0.6.1. Affected by
 this issue is the function set of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled
 modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). The attack may be launched remotely.
 Upgrading to version 0.6.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as
 859c9984b6c407fc2d5a0a7e47c7274daa681941. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216794
 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-4742)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xrf-q977-5vgc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411711

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4742

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: 12/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4742