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SCA: security update for aws-iot-device-sdk-v2, awsiotsdk, software.amazon.awssdk.iotdevicesdk:aws-iot-device-sdk (GHSA-743r-5g92-5vgf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411788

Description

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

 - Connections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java (versions prior to 1.4.2), Python (versions
 prior to 1.6.1), C++ (versions prior to 1.12.7) and Node.js (versions prior to 1.5.3) did not verify
 server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their
 trust stores on MacOS. This issue has been addressed in aws-c-io submodule versions 0.10.5 onward. This
 issue affects: Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.4.2 on macOS. Amazon
 Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.6.1 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS
 IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for
 Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS-C-IO 0.10.4 on macOS. (CVE-2021-40829)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-743r-5g92-5vgf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411788

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40829

cwe: CWE-295