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SCA: security update for certifi (GHSA-43fp-rhv2-5gv8)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409896
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 2022.12.07 removes root certificates from
"TrustCor" from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store.
TrustCor's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation prompted by media reporting
that TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware. Conclusions of Mozilla's
investigation can be found in the linked google group discussion. (CVE-2022-23491)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 409896
Version: Revision 1.9
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: 23.69
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
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-2022-23491
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
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Threat Score: 2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-23491
cwe: CWE-345