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SCA: security update for undici (GHSA-g9mf-h72j-4rw9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436770

Description

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

 - Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to 7.18.0 and 6.23.0, the number of links in the
 decompression chain is unbounded and the default maxHeaderSize allows a malicious server to insert
 thousands compression steps leading to high CPU usage and excessive memory allocation. This vulnerability
 is fixed in 7.18.0 and 6.23.0. (CVE-2026-22036)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g9mf-h72j-4rw9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436770

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22036

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22036

cwe: CWE-770