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SCA: security update for django-ses (GHSA-qg36-9jxh-fj25)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418106

Description

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

 - Django-SES is a drop-in mail backend for Django. The django_ses library implements a mail backend for
 Django using AWS Simple Email Service. The library exports the `SESEventWebhookView class` intended to
 receive signed requests from AWS to handle email bounces, subscriptions, etc. These requests are signed by
 AWS and are verified by django_ses, however the verification of this signature was found to be flawed as
 it allowed users to specify arbitrary public certificates. This issue was patched in version 3.5.0.
 (CVE-2023-33185)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg36-9jxh-fj25

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 418106

Version: Revision 1.8

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33185

cwe: CWE-347