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SCA: security update for brace-expansion (GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427864

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been
 rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation
 leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of
 an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the
 public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this issue.
 The name of the patch is a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to upgrade the
 affected component. (CVE-2025-5889)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 427864

Version: Revision 1.16

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5889

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5889

cwe: CWE-400