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SCA: security update for mtdowling/jmespath.php (GHSA-pcw8-m77r-2528)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446102

Description

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

 - jmespath.php allows users to use JMESPath, software for declaratively specifying how to extract elements
 from a JSON document, in PHP applications with PHP data structures. Versions prior to 2.9.1 can generate
 and execute attacker-controlled PHP code when `JmesPath\CompilerRuntime` is used with an attacker-
 controlled JMESPath expression. The compiler emits parsed JMESPath function names into generated PHP
 source without sufficient escaping. A crafted expression can cause the generated cache file to contain
 executable attacker-controlled PHP, which is then loaded by the compiler runtime. The issue is patched in
 `2.9.1` and later. As a workaround, disable `JP_PHP_COMPILE` and do not use `JmesPath\CompilerRuntime`
 with attacker-controlled expressions. Use the default `AstRuntime` for untrusted expressions. Applications
 that must continue accepting untrusted JMESPath expressions before upgrading should ensure those
 expressions are never evaluated by the compiler runtime. (CVE-2026-54133)

Solution

Update the mtdowling/jmespath.php library and its related packages to version 2.9.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcw8-m77r-2528

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446102

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2026

Updated: 8/19/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54133