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SCA: security update for joplin (GHSA-mjr5-v9c9-mm7g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446854

Description

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

 - Joplin version 2.8.8 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely on any client that
 opens a link in a malicious markdown file, via Joplin. This is possible because the application does not
 properly validate the schema/protocol of existing links in the markdown file before passing them to the
 'shell.openExternal' function. (CVE-2022-40277)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjr5-v9c9-mm7g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446854

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40277

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 10/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40277

cwe: CWE-20