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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/crypto (GHSA-3vm4-22fp-5rfm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409704

Description

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

 - A nil pointer dereference in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh component through
 v0.0.0-20201203163018-be400aefbc4c for Go allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service against SSH
 servers. (CVE-2020-29652)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vm4-22fp-5rfm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409704

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2020-29652

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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29652

cwe: CWE-476