SCA: security update for send (GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421805

Description

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

- visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is
within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated
using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory. (CVE-2014-6394)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421805

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

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-2014-6394

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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6394

BID: 70100

cwe: CWE-22