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SCA: security update for svelte (GHSA-phwv-c562-gvmh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438110

Description

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

 - Svelte performance oriented web framework. Prior to version 5.53.5, the contents of `bind:innerText` and
 `bind:textContent` on `contenteditable` elements were not properly escaped. This could enable HTML
 injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) if rendering untrusted data as the binding's initial value on the
 server. Version 5.53.5 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-27901)

Solution

Update the svelte library and its related packages to version 5.53.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phwv-c562-gvmh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438110

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/3/2026

Updated: 4/20/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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-2026-27901

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27901

cwe: CWE-79