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SCA: security update for ebookmeta (GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xch)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416015

Description

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

 - An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of lxml before v4.9.1
 allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.
 (CVE-2024-37388)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx54-pf28-7xch

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416015

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.8

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:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37388