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SCA: security update for rsa (GHSA-xrx6-fmxq-rjj2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420662

Description

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

 - It was found that python-rsa is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. An attacker can use this flaw
 via the RSA decryption API to decrypt parts of the cipher text encrypted with RSA. (CVE-2020-25658)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrx6-fmxq-rjj2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420662

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 23.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25658

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25658