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SCA: security update for killport (GHSA-fc42-h7q4-qp8h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414442

Description

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

 - This affects the package killport before 1.0.2. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given, it is
 possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec
 function without input sanitization. Running this PoC will cause the command touch success to be executed,
 leading to the creation of a file called success. (CVE-2021-23360)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fc42-h7q4-qp8h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414442

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 4/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23360

cwe: CWE-77