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SCA: security update for dnslib (GHSA-r478-c2pc-m7gx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418471

Description

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

 - The dnslib package through 0.9.16 for Python does not verify that the ID value in a DNS reply matches an
 ID value in a query. (CVE-2022-22846)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r478-c2pc-m7gx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418471

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22846

cwe: CWE-345