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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/crypto (GHSA-8c26-wmh5-6g9v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412575

Description

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

 - The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to
 crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey. (CVE-2022-27191)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c26-wmh5-6g9v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412575

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27191

cwe: CWE-327