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SCA: security update for kind-of (GHSA-6c8f-qphg-qjgp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422166

Description

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

 - ctorName in index.js in kind-of v6.0.2 allows external user input to overwrite certain internal attributes
 via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Symbol'}. Hence, a crafted payload can
 overwrite this builtin attribute to manipulate the type detection result. (CVE-2019-20149)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c8f-qphg-qjgp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422166

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2019-20149

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20149

cwe: CWE-668