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SCA: security update for pyamf (GHSA-m7m4-4vm8-55wg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416817

Description

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

 - XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in PyAMF before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
 service or read arbitrary files via a crafted Action Message Format (AMF) payload. (CVE-2015-8549)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7m4-4vm8-55wg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416817

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 7.2

Threat Score: 5.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8549

cwe: CWE-611