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SCA: security update for mermaid (GHSA-rhh3-jpg6-66xh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445780

Description

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

 - Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts.
 From version 11.6.0 until 11.16.1, Mermaid Radar Diagrams allow arbitrary large values for the ticks
 parameter, which can cause high CPU usage and freeze the rendering webpage or JavaScript process for long
 periods of time, potentially until the process is killed from memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in
 version 11.16.1. (CVE-2026-71439)

Solution

Update the mermaid library and its related packages to version 11.16.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rhh3-jpg6-66xh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445780

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2026

Updated: 8/7/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71439

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

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-2026-71439