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SCA: security update for egg-scripts (GHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423329

Description

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

 - A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through
 a maliciously crafted command line argument. (CVE-2018-3786)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423329

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 9/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3786