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SCA: security update for @hapi/joi, joi (GHSA-4528-x5fx-h6hg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 478084

Description

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

 - joi is a schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. From 17.1.1 until 17.13.9 and
 18.3.1, the Joi.string().email({ multiple: true }) rule uses a separator regular expression whose leading
 whitespace quantifier is retried at every position in a long whitespace run that contains no separator,
 causing quadratic work during String.prototype.split. The behavior applies to the default separator and
 every custom separator. Applications that validate attacker-controlled values with the multiple option and
 no effective prior length limit can have the Node.js event loop blocked for seconds by one request,
 preventing other work. A .max() rule is not sufficient when abortEarly: false allows the email rule to run
 after the maximum-length check fails. This vulnerability is fixed in versions 17.13.9 and 18.3.1.
 (CVE-2026-118772)

Solution

Update the joi library and its related packages to version 17.13.9 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4528-x5fx-h6hg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478084

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-118772

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118772