SCA: security update for github.com/github/gh-ost (GHSA-rrp4-2xx3-mv29)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418906

Description

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

- gh-ost is a triggerless online schema migration solution for MySQL. Versions prior to 1.1.3 are subject to
an arbitrary file read vulnerability. The attacker must have access to the target host or trick an
administrator into executing a malicious gh-ost command on a host running gh-ost, plus network access from
host running gh-ost to the attack's malicious MySQL server. The `-database` parameter does not properly
sanitize user input which can lead to arbitrary file reads. (CVE-2022-21687)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrp4-2xx3-mv29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418906

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21687