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SCA: security update for pouchdb (GHSA-cgqv-x5cx-xvqh)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422443

Description

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

 - An arbitrary code injection vector was found in PouchDB 6.0.4 and lesser via the map/reduce functions used
 in PouchDB temporary views and design documents. The code execution engine for this branch is not properly
 sandboxed and may be used to run arbitrary JavaScript as well as system commands. (CVE-2016-10546)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgqv-x5cx-xvqh

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422443

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10546

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10546

cwe: CWE-94