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SCA: security update for mermaid (GHSA-p3rp-vmj9-gv6v)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431974

Description

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

 - Mermaid is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions
 and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. Prior to version 8.13.8, malicious diagrams can run
 javascript code at diagram readers' machines. Users should upgrade to version 8.13.8 to receive a patch.
 There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading. (CVE-2021-43861)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3rp-vmj9-gv6v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 431974

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43861

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43861