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SCA: security update for Flask-AppBuilder (GHSA-m3rf-7m4w-r66q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416696

Description

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

 - Flask-AppBuilder is a development framework built on top of Flask. Verions prior to 3.3.4 contain an
 improper authentication vulnerability in the REST API. The issue allows for a malicious actor with a
 carefully crafted request to successfully authenticate and gain access to existing protected REST API
 endpoints. This only affects non database authentication types and new REST API endpoints. Users should
 upgrade to Flask-AppBuilder 3.3.4 to receive a patch. (CVE-2021-41265)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3rf-7m4w-r66q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416696

Version: Revision 1.12

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41265

cwe: CWE-287