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SCA: security update for locutus (GHSA-vh9h-29pq-r5m8)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438757

Description

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

 - Locutus brings stdlibs of other programming languages to JavaScript for educational purposes. Prior to
 3.0.14, the create_function(args, code) function passes both parameters directly to the Function
 constructor without any sanitization, allowing arbitrary code execution. This is distinct from
 CVE-2026-29091 which was call_user_func_array using eval() in v2.x. This finding affects create_function
 using new Function() in v3.x. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.14. (CVE-2026-32304)

Solution

Update the locutus library and its related packages to version 3.0.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vh9h-29pq-r5m8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438757

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32304

cwe: CWE-94