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SCA: security update for socket.io (GHSA-qv2v-m59f-v5fw)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421940

Description

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

 - Socket.io is a realtime application framework that provides communication via websockets. Because
 socket.io 0.9.6 and earlier depends on `Math.random()` to create socket IDs, the IDs are predictable. An
 attacker is able to guess the socket ID and gain access to socket.io servers, potentially obtaining
 sensitive information. (CVE-2017-16031)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv2v-m59f-v5fw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421940

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16031

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16031

cwe: CWE-330