SCA: security update for simple-markdown (GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415243

Description

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

- A vulnerability has been found in simple-markdown 0.5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this
vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file simple-markdown.js. The manipulation leads to
inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.5.2
is able to address this issue. The patch is named 89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816. It is
recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is
VDB-220639. (CVE-2019-25103)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415243

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25103