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SCA: security update for js-yaml (GHSA-xxvw-45rp-3mj2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423167

Description

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

 - The JS-YAML module before 2.0.5 for Node.js parses input without properly considering the unsafe
 !!js/function tag, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that
 triggers an eval operation. (CVE-2013-4660)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxvw-45rp-3mj2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423167

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2013

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Nodejs js-yaml load() Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4660

BID: 60867

cwe: CWE-20