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SCA: security update for nodebb (GHSA-p4cc-w597-6cpm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417269

Description

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

 - NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database.
 It utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. `utils.generateUUID`, a
 helper function available in essentially all versions of NodeBB (as far back as v1.0.1 and potentially
 earlier) used a cryptographically insecure Pseudo-random number generator (`Math.random()`), which meant
 that a specially crafted script combined with multiple invocations of the password reset functionality
 could enable an attacker to correctly calculate the reset code for an account they do not have access to.
 This vulnerability impacts all installations of NodeBB. The vulnerability allows for an attacker to take
 over any account without the involvement of the victim, and as such, the remediation should be applied
 immediately (either via NodeBB upgrade or cherry-pick of the specific changeset. The vulnerability has
 been patched in version 2.x and 1.19.x. There is no known workaround, but the patch sets listed above will
 fully patch the vulnerability. (CVE-2022-36045)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4cc-w597-6cpm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 417269

Version: Revision 1.14

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36045