SCA: security update for certifi (GHSA-248v-346w-9cwc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408590

Description

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

- Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL
certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi starting in 2021.5.30 and prior to
2024.7.4 recognized root certificates from `GLOBALTRUST`. Certifi 2024.7.04 removes root certificates from
`GLOBALTRUST` from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store.
`GLOBALTRUST`'s root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation which identified "long-
running and unresolved compliance issues." (CVE-2024-39689)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-248v-346w-9cwc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408590

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/22/2025

Updated: 6/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-39689

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39689

IAVA: 2024-A-0447

cwe: CWE-345