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SCA: security update for py-bcrypt (GHSA-r838-q6jp-58xx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418585

Description

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

 - The py-bcrypt module before 0.3 for Python does not properly handle concurrent memory access, which allows
 attackers to bypass authentication via multiple authentication requests, which trigger the password hash
 to be overwritten. (CVE-2013-1895)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r838-q6jp-58xx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418585

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2013-1895

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1895

BID: 58702

cwe: CWE-307