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SCA: security update for markdown-it (GHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742q)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416160

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an
 unknown function of the file lib/common/html_re.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular
 expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is
 89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The
 identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216852. (CVE-2015-10005)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416160

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 23.18

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-2015-10005

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: 12/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-10005