SCA: security update for json (GHSA-jphg-qwrw-7w9g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416495

Description

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

- The JSON gem through 2.2.0 for Ruby, as used in Ruby 2.4 through 2.4.9, 2.5 through 2.5.7, and 2.6 through
2.6.5, has an Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability. This is quite similar to CVE-2013-0269, but does not
rely on poor garbage-collection behavior within Ruby. Specifically, use of JSON parsing methods can lead
to creation of a malicious object within the interpreter, with adverse effects that are application-
dependent. (CVE-2020-10663)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416495

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10663

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10663

cwe: CWE-20

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