SCA: security update for diffy (GHSA-5ww9-9qp2-x524)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411065

Description

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

- The function that calls the diff tool in Diffy 3.4.1 does not properly handle double quotes in a filename
when run in a windows environment. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted
string. (CVE-2022-33127)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5ww9-9qp2-x524

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411065

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 6/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33127