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SCA: security update for qs (GHSA-gqgv-6jq5-jjj9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422243

Description

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

 - the web framework using ljharb's qs module older than v6.3.2, v6.2.3, v6.1.2, and v6.0.4 is vulnerable to
 a DoS. A malicious user can send a evil request to cause the web framework crash. (CVE-2017-1000048)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqgv-6jq5-jjj9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422243

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000048

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:N/I:N/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: 4/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000048

BID: 100691

cwe: CWE-20