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SCA: security update for @auth0/nextjs-auth0 (GHSA-xq8m-7c5p-c2r6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440699

Description

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

 - The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. In
 versions 4.12.0 through 4.17.1, simultaneous requests that trigger a nonce retry may cause the proxy cache
 fetcher to perform improper lookups for the token request results. Users are affected if their project
 uses both the vulnerable versions and the proxy handler /me/* and /my-org/* with DPoP enabled. This issue
 has been fixed in version 4.18.0. (CVE-2026-40155)

Solution

Update the @auth0/nextjs-auth0 library and its related packages to version 4.18.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq8m-7c5p-c2r6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440699

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/21/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40155

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40155