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SCA: security update for github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 (GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418637

Description

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

 - go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. A denial of service (DoS)
 vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.13. This vulnerability allows an attacker to
 perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which
 triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Users running versions of go-git from v4 and above are
 recommended to upgrade to v5.13 in order to mitigate this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-21614)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418637

Version: Revision 1.14

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: 23.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21614

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:N/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: 1/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21614