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SCA: security update for zhmcclient (GHSA-p57h-3cmc-xpjq)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417296
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- zhmcclient is a pure Python client library for the IBM Z HMC Web Services API. In affected versions the
Python package "zhmcclient" writes password-like properties in clear text into its HMC and API logs in the
following cases: 1. The 'boot-ftp-password' and 'ssc-master-pw' properties when creating or updating a
partition in DPM mode, in the zhmcclient API and HMC logs. 2. The 'ssc-master-pw' and 'zaware-master-pw'
properties when updating an LPAR in classic mode, in the zhmcclient API and HMC logs. 3. The 'ssc-master-
pw' and 'zaware-master-pw' properties when creating or updating an image activation profile in classic
mode, in the zhmcclient API and HMC logs. 4. The 'password' property when creating or updating an HMC
user, in the zhmcclient API log. 5. The 'bind-password' property when creating or updating an LDAP server
definition, in the zhmcclient API and HMC logs. This issue affects only users of the zhmcclient package
that have enabled the Python loggers named "zhmcclient.api" (for the API log) or "zhmcclient.hmc" (for the
HMC log) and that use the functions listed above. This issue has been fixed in zhmcclient version 1.18.1.
Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-53865)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 417296
Version: Revision 1.14
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: 5
Percentile: 94.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53865
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Threat Score: 2.2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-53865
cwe: CWE-312