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SCA: security update for github.com/hjson/hjson-go/v4, laktak/hjson, org.hjson:hjson (GHSA-5wfc-hjrc-gq87)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442254

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered hjson thru 3.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other
 unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies. (CVE-2023-34620)

Solution

Update the laktak/hjson library and its related packages to version 2.3.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wfc-hjrc-gq87

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442254

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/21/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 6/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34620