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SCA: security update for github.com/google/nftables (GHSA-qjvf-8748-9w7h)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418185

Description

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

 - In https://github.com/google/nftables IP addresses were encoded in the wrong byte order, resulting in an
 nftables configuration which does not work as intended (might block or not block the desired addresses).
 This issue affects: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/[email protected] The bug was fixed in the next
 released version: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/[email protected] (CVE-2024-6284)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qjvf-8748-9w7h

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418185

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 5.5

Percentile: 96.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2024-6284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6284