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SCA: security update for asyncssh (GHSA-cfc2-wr2v-gxm5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413854

Description

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

 - An issue in AsyncSSH before 2.14.1 allows attackers to control the extension info message (RFC 8308) via a
 man-in-the-middle attack, aka a "Rogue Extension Negotiation." (CVE-2023-46445)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfc2-wr2v-gxm5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413854

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46445

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46445