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SCA: security update for sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator (GHSA-pp3f-98qg-5g75)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417619

Description

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

 - A security issue was discovered in aws-iam-authenticator where an allow-listed IAM identity may be able to
 modify their username and escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2385)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp3f-98qg-5g75

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417619

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2385

cwe: CWE-20