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SCA: security update for nodebb (GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418684

Description

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

 - NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. Due to a plain object with a prototype being used
 in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and
 takeover accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade.
 Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their
 codebase to patch the exploit. (CVE-2022-46164)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 418684

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46164

cwe: CWE-665