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SCA: security update for fast-xml-builder (GHSA-45c6-75p6-83cc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441545

Description

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

 - fast-xml-builder builds XML from JSON. In 1.1.5, the fix for CVE-2026-41650 in fast-xml-parser sanitizes
 -- sequences in XML comment content using .replace(/--/g, '- -'). This skip the values containing three
 consecutive dashes (e.g., --->...), allowing an attacker to break out of an XML comment and inject
 arbitrary XML/HTML content. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.6. (CVE-2026-44664)

Solution

Update the fast-xml-builder library and its related packages to version 1.1.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-45c6-75p6-83cc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441545

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/8/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.38

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-2026-44664

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44664

cwe: CWE-91