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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/net/html (GHSA-w32m-9786-jp63)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419640

Description

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

 - An attacker can craft an input to the Parse functions that would be processed non-linearly with respect to
 its length, resulting in extremely slow parsing. This could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-45338)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w32m-9786-jp63

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419640

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 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-2024-45338

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:N/A:L

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:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45338

cwe: CWE-770