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SCA: security update for netmask (GHSA-pch5-whg9-qr2r)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417458

Description

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

 - The netmask package before 2.0.1 for Node.js mishandles certain unexpected characters in an IP address
 string, such as an octal digit of 9. This (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control
 that is based on IP addresses. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-28918.
 (CVE-2021-29418)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pch5-whg9-qr2r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417458

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2021-29418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 3/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29418

cwe: CWE-20