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SCA: security update for github.com/sylabs/singularity (GHSA-557g-r22w-9wvx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410584

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in Singularity 3.1.0 to 3.2.0-rc2, a malicious user with local/network access to
 the host system (e.g. ssh) could exploit this vulnerability due to insecure permissions allowing a user to
 edit files within `/run/singularity/instances/sing/<user>/<instance>`. The manipulation of those files can
 change the behavior of the starter-suid program when instances are joined resulting in potential privilege
 escalation on the host. (CVE-2019-11328)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-557g-r22w-9wvx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410584

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11328

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 12/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11328

BID: 108360