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SCA: security update for proxy (GHSA-mj6p-3pc9-wf5m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421683

Description

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

 - A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service in the socket.remoteAddress variable, by sending a
 crafted HTTP request. Usage of the undefined variable raises a TypeError exception. (CVE-2023-2968)

Solution

Update the proxy library and its related packages to version 2.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj6p-3pc9-wf5m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421683

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2968

cwe: CWE-232