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SCA: security update for OpenCanary (GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417473

Description

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

 - OpenCanary, a multi-protocol network honeypot, directly executed commands taken from its config file.
 Prior to version 0.9.4, where the config file is stored in an unprivileged user directory but the daemon
 is executed by root, it’s possible for the unprivileged user to change the config file and escalate
 permissions when root later runs the daemon. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue. (CVE-2024-48911)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf5v-pqfv-x8jj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417473

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48911

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48911

cwe: CWE-863