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SCA: security update for tough-cookie (GHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423200

Description

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

 - NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request
 Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via
 Custom HTTP header passed by client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.0.
 (CVE-2016-1000232)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423200

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2016-1000232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000232