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SCA: security update for github.com/cortexproject/cortex (GHSA-m45g-f45x-vv22)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416713

Description

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

 - The Alertmanager in CNCF Cortex before 1.8.1 has a local file disclosure vulnerability when
 -experimental.alertmanager.enable-api is used. The HTTP basic auth password_file can be used as an attack
 vector to send any file content via a webhook. The alertmanager templates can be used as an attack vector
 to send any file content because the alertmanager can load any text file specified in the templates list.
 (CVE-2021-31232)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m45g-f45x-vv22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416713

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31232

cwe: CWE-20