SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-8c5j-9r9f-c6w8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412580

Description

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

- An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1. Due to
leveraging the Django Template Language's variable resolution logic, the dictsort template filter was
potentially vulnerable to information disclosure, or an unintended method call, if passed a suitably
crafted key. (CVE-2021-45116)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c5j-9r9f-c6w8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412580

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45116

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:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45116

cwe: CWE-20