Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-p692-7mm3-3fxg)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422726

Description

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

 - The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
 in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x
 and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not use a constant-time
 algorithm for verifying credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication
 by measuring timing differences. (CVE-2015-7576)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p692-7mm3-3fxg

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 422726

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7576

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7576

BID: 81803