SCA: security update for github.com/containers/image, github.com/containers/image/v5 (GHSA-6wvf-f2vw-3425)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411682

Description

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

- A flaw was found in the github.com/containers/image library. This flaw allows attackers to trigger
unexpected authenticated registry accesses on behalf of a victim user, causing resource exhaustion, local
path traversal, and other attacks. (CVE-2024-3727)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wvf-f2vw-3425

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411682

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 5

Percentile: 94.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3727

cwe: CWE-354