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SCA: security update for mailman (GHSA-xq58-69h2-765m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420617

Description

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

 - In GNU Mailman before 2.1.38, a list member or moderator can get a CSRF token and craft an admin request
 (using that token) to set a new admin password or make other changes. (CVE-2021-44227)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq58-69h2-765m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420617

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 12/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44227

cwe: CWE-352