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SCA: security update for express (GHSA-cm5g-3pgc-8rg4)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421308

Description

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

 - A vulnerability has been identified in the Express response.links function, allowing for arbitrary
 resource injection in the Link header when unsanitized data is used. The issue arises from improper
 sanitization in `Link` header values, which can allow a combination of characters like `,`, `;`, and `<>`
 to preload malicious resources. This vulnerability is especially relevant for dynamic parameters.
 (CVE-2024-10491)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm5g-3pgc-8rg4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421308

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10491

cwe: CWE-74