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SCA: security update for github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 (GHSA-hw5f-6wvv-xcrh)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415978

Description

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

 - SFTPGo is a full-featured and highly configurable SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV server - S3, Google Cloud
 Storage, Azure Blob. SFTPGo WebAdmin and WebClient support password reset. This feature is disabled in the
 default configuration. In SFTPGo versions prior to v2.6.1, if the feature is enabled, even users with
 access restrictions (e.g. expired) can reset their password and log in. Users are advised to upgrade to
 version 2.6.1. Users unable to upgrade may keep the password reset feature disabled or set a blank email
 address for users and admins with access restrictions so they cannot receive the email with the reset code
 and exploit the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-37897)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hw5f-6wvv-xcrh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415978

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 2.1

Percentile: 7.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37897