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SCA: security update for @curveball/a12n-server (GHSA-8hw9-22v6-9jr9)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412711

Description

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

 - a12n-server is an npm package which aims to provide a simple authentication system. A new HAL-Form was
 added to allow editing users in version 0.18.0. This feature should only have been accessible to admins.
 Unfortunately, privileges were incorrectly checked allowing any logged in user to make this change.
 Patched in v0.18.2. (CVE-2021-29452)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hw9-22v6-9jr9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412711

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29452

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 4/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29452