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SCA: security update for private_address_check (GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422407

Description

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

 - The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's
 Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures,
 such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.
 (CVE-2017-0904)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422407

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2017-0904

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: 11/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0904

cwe: CWE-242