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SCA: security update for windows-build-tools (GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421946

Description

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

 - windows-build-tools is a module for installing C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm. windows-build-tools
 versions below 1.0.0 download resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be
 possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker
 controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.
 (CVE-2017-16003)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421946

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16003

cwe: CWE-311