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SCA: security update for qs (GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415933

Description

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

 - qs before 6.10.3, as used in Express before 4.17.3 and other products, allows attackers to cause a Node
 process hang for an Express application because an __ proto__ key can be used. In many typical Express use
 cases, an unauthenticated remote attacker can place the attack payload in the query string of the URL that
 is used to visit the application, such as a[__proto__]=b&a[__proto__]&a[length]=100000000. The fix was
 backported to qs 6.9.7, 6.8.3, 6.7.3, 6.6.1, 6.5.3, 6.4.1, 6.3.3, and 6.2.4 (and therefore Express 4.17.3,
 which has "deps: [email protected]" in its release description, is not vulnerable). (CVE-2022-24999)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415933

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24999