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SCA: security update for string-kit (GHSA-pfrm-4rjw-g9q5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417487

Description

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

 - A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cronvel string-kit up to 0.12.7. This vulnerability
 affects the function naturalSort of the file lib/naturalSort.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient
 regular expression complexity. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 0.12.8 is able
 to address this issue. The name of the patch is 9cac4c298ee92c1695b0695951f1488884a7ca73. It is
 recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217180.
 (CVE-2021-4299)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pfrm-4rjw-g9q5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417487

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4299

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: 1/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4299