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SCA: security update for whois (GHSA-97jv-c342-5xhc)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413113

Description

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

 - A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois. Affected is an unknown
 function of the file index.coffee. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object
 prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of
 the patch is 46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this
 issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216252. (CVE-2020-36618)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97jv-c342-5xhc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413113

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36618

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: 12/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36618