SCA: security update for is-my-json-valid (GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423342

Description

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

- The is-my-json-valid package before 2.12.4 for Node.js has an incorrect exports['utc-millisec'] regular
expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked event loop) via a crafted
string. (CVE-2016-2537)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423342

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 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-2016-2537

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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2537

BID: 84873