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SCA: security update for color-string (GHSA-286p-vc9p-p5qv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435300

Description

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

 - color-string is a parser and generator for CSS color strings. On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing
 account for color-string was taken over after a phishing attack. Version 2.1.1 was published, functionally
 identical to the previous patch version, but with a malware payload added attempting to redirect
 cryptocurrency transactions to the attacker's own addresses from within browser environments. Local
 environments, server environments, command line applications, etc. are not affected. If the package was
 used in a browser context (e.g. a direct <script> inclusion, or via a bundling tool such as Babel, Rollup,
 Vite, Next.js, etc.) there is a chance the malware still exists and such bundles will need to be rebuilt.
 The malware seemingly only targets cryptocurrency transactions and wallets such as MetaMask. npm removed
 the offending package from the registry over the course of the day on 8 September. On 13 September, the
 package owner published new patch versions to help cache-bust those using private registries who might
 still have the compromised version cached. This issue has been resolved in 2.1.2. (CVE-2025-59142)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-286p-vc9p-p5qv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435300

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.04

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-2025-59142

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 8.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59142

cwe: CWE-506