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SCA: security update for @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader, aws-sdk (GHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwg)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418895

Description

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

 - This affects the package @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader before 1.0.0-rc.9; the package aws-sdk before
 2.814.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with
 loadSharedConfigFiles , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further
 depending on the context. (CVE-2020-28472)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwg

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 418895

Version: Revision 1.4

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28472

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: 11/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28472