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SCA: security update for @octokit/request-error (GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420898

Description

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

 - @octokit/request-error is an error class for Octokit request errors. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior
 to version 6.1.7, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the processing of
 HTTP request headers. By sending an authorization header containing an excessively long sequence of spaces
 followed by a newline and "@", an attacker can exploit inefficient regular expression processing, leading
 to excessive resource consumption. This can significantly degrade server performance or cause a denial-of-
 service (DoS) condition, impacting availability. Version 6.1.7 contains a fix for the issue.
 (CVE-2025-25289)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420898

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 50.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-25289

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-25289