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SCA: security update for algoliasearch-helper (GHSA-vpf5-82c8-9v36)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419452

Description

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

 - The package algoliasearch-helper before 3.6.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to use of the
 merge function in src/SearchParameters/index.jsSearchParameters._parseNumbers without any protection
 against prototype properties. Note that this vulnerability is only exploitable if the implementation
 allows users to define arbitrary search patterns. (CVE-2021-23433)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpf5-82c8-9v36

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 419452

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23433

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: 11/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23433