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SCA: security update for merge-deep (GHSA-r6rj-9ch6-g264)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418548

Description

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

 - The merge-deep library before 3.0.3 for Node.js can be tricked into overwriting properties of
 Object.prototype or adding new properties to it. These properties are then inherited by every object in
 the program, thus facilitating prototype-pollution attacks against applications using this library.
 (CVE-2021-26707)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6rj-9ch6-g264

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 418548

Version: Revision 1.15

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26707

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: 6/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26707