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SCA: security update for protobufjs (GHSA-xq3m-2v4x-88gg)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440671

Description

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

 - protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. In versions prior to 8.0.1 and
 7.5.5, attackers can inject arbitrary code in the "type" fields of protobuf definitions, which will then
 execute during object decoding using that definition. Versions 8.0.1 and 7.5.5 patch the issue.
 (CVE-2026-41242)

Solution

Update the protobufjs library and its related packages to version 7.5.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq3m-2v4x-88gg

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 440671

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/18/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

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-2026-41242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 9.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41242

cwe: CWE-94