SCA: security update for github.com/quay/claircore (GHSA-mq47-6wwv-v79w)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417075

Description

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

- A directory traversal vulnerability was found in the ClairCore engine of Clair. An attacker can exploit
this by supplying a crafted container image which, when scanned by Clair, allows for arbitrary file write
on the filesystem, potentially allowing for remote code execution. (CVE-2021-3762)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq47-6wwv-v79w

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 417075

Version: Revision 1.5

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3762

cwe: CWE-22