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SCA: security update for torbot (GHSA-72qw-p7hh-m3ff)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411750

Description

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

 - Torbot is an open source tor network intelligence tool. In affected versions the
 `torbot.modules.validators.validate_link function` uses the python-validators URL validation regex. This
 particular regular expression has an exponential complexity which allows an attacker to cause an
 application crash using a well-crafted argument. An attacker can use a well-crafted URL argument to
 exploit the vulnerability in the regular expression and cause a Denial of Service on the system. The
 validators file has been removed in version 4.0.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known
 workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-45813)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72qw-p7hh-m3ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411750

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45813