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SCA: security update for json (GHSA-x457-cw4h-hq5f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423393

Description

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

 - The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to
 cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a
 crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as
 demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation
 Vulnerability." (CVE-2013-0269)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x457-cw4h-hq5f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423393

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0269

BID: 57899

cwe: CWE-20