SCA: security update for hashi-vault-js (GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445529

Description

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

- hashi-vault-js is a Node.js module for interacting with the HashiCorp Vault API. Prior to 0.5.2,
src/Vault.js concatenates unencoded identifier values including name, username, group, role, and version
into Vault request paths and query strings instead of using encodeURIComponent() and URLSearchParams,
allowing path traversal and query parameter injection. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.2.
(CVE-2026-55100)

Solution

Update the hashi-vault-js library and its related packages to version 0.5.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445529

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/1/2026

Updated: 8/1/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55100

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55100