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SCA: security update for @keystone-6/core (GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413219

Description

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

 - Keystone is an open source headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React. When
 `ui.isAccessAllowed` is set as `undefined`, the `adminMeta` GraphQL query is publicly accessible (no
 session required). This is different to the behaviour of the default AdminUI middleware, which by default
 will only be publicly accessible (no session required) if a `session` strategy is not defined. This
 vulnerability does not affect developers using the `@keystone-6/auth` package, or any users that have
 written their own `ui.isAccessAllowed` (that is to say, `isAccessAllowed` is not `undefined`). This
 vulnerability does affect users who believed that their `session` strategy will, by default, enforce that
 `adminMeta` is inaccessible by the public in accordance with that strategy; akin to the behaviour of the
 AdminUI middleware. This vulnerability has been patched in `@keystone-6/core` version `5.5.1`. Users are
 advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may opt to write their own `isAccessAllowed` functionality to
 work-around this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-40027)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cvc-v7wm-992c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413219

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40027

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 8/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40027

cwe: CWE-862