SCA: security update for cgi (GHSA-vc47-6rqg-c7f5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419254

Description

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

- The cgi gem before 0.1.0.2, 0.2.x before 0.2.2, and 0.3.x before 0.3.5 for Ruby allows HTTP response
splitting. This is relevant to applications that use untrusted user input either to generate an HTTP
response or to create a CGI::Cookie object. (CVE-2021-33621)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc47-6rqg-c7f5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419254

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33621