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SCA: security update for json8 (GHSA-7h43-gx24-p529)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412070

Description

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

 - This affects the package json8 before 1.0.3. The function adds in the target object the property specified
 in the path, however it does not properly check the key being set, leading to a prototype pollution.
 (CVE-2020-7770)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h43-gx24-p529

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412070

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7770