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SCA: security update for meshcentral (GHSA-cp68-qrhr-g9h8)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413993

Description

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

 - MeshCentral is a full computer management web site. Versions prior to 1.1.21 a cross-site websocket
 hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability within the control.ashx endpoint. This component is the primary mechanism
 used within MeshCentral to perform administrative actions on the server. The vulnerability is exploitable
 when an attacker is able to convince a victim end-user to click on a malicious link to a page hosting an
 attacker-controlled site. The attacker can then originate a cross-site websocket connection using client-
 side JavaScript code to connect to `control.ashx` as the victim user within MeshCentral. Version 1.1.21
 contains a patch for this issue. (CVE-2024-26135)

Solution

Update the meshcentral library and its related packages to version 1.1.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cp68-qrhr-g9h8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413993

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2024-26135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 2/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26135

cwe: CWE-346