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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp-forge/hermes (GHSA-vxm9-8mfw-vc6g)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420929

Description

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

 - Hermes versions up to 0.4.0 improperly validated the JWT provided when using the AWS ALB authentication
 mode, potentially allowing for authentication bypass. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-1293, was fixed in
 Hermes 0.5.0. (CVE-2025-1293)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxm9-8mfw-vc6g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420929

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1293

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1293