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SCA: security update for re2 (GHSA-8hcv-x26h-mcgp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445752

Description

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

 - node-re2 provides RE2 regular expression bindings for Node.js. Prior to version 1.25.1, the
 WrappedRE2::Replace function built its replacement result and passed it to V8 using ToLocalChecked without
 checking for the empty MaybeLocal that V8 returns when the resulting string or buffer exceeds V8's maximum
 string length. When a global replace uses an output amplifying replacement template, the result can grow
 quadratically with the input size, and once the result exceeds V8's maximum string length, the unchecked
 ToLocalChecked call causes a fatal, uncatchable process abort instead of a catchable exception. This issue
 is fixed in version 1.25.1. (CVE-2026-71430)

Solution

Update the re2 library and its related packages to version 1.25.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hcv-x26h-mcgp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445752

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2026

Updated: 8/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71430

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-71430

cwe: CWE-617