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SCA: security update for github.com/go-ldap/ldap (GHSA-x27w-qxhg-343v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420214

Description

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

 - In the ldap.v2 (aka go-ldap) package through 2.5.0 for Go, an attacker may be able to login with an empty
 password. This issue affects an application using this package if these conditions are met: (1) it relies
 only on the return error of the Bind function call to determine whether a user is authorized (i.e., a nil
 return value is interpreted as successful authorization) and (2) it is used with an LDAP server allowing
 unauthenticated bind. (CVE-2017-14623)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x27w-qxhg-343v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420214

Version: Revision 1.10

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14623

cwe: CWE-287