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SCA: security update for webfinger.js (GHSA-8xq3-w9fx-74rv)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428677

Description

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

 - webfinger.js is a TypeScript-based WebFinger client that runs in both browsers and Node.js environments.
 In versions 2.8.0 and below, the lookup function accepts user addresses for account checking. However, the
 ActivityPub specification requires preventing access to localhost services in production. This library
 does not prevent localhost access, only checking for hosts that start with "localhost" and end with a
 port. Users can exploit this by creating servers that send GET requests with controlled host, path, and
 port parameters to query services on the instance's host or local network, enabling blind SSRF attacks.
 This is fixed in version 2.8.1. (CVE-2025-54590)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8xq3-w9fx-74rv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428677

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/30/2025

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54590

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54590

cwe: CWE-918