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SCA: security update for org.opencastproject:opencast-kernel (GHSA-vmm6-w4cf-7f3x)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423344

Description

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

 - In Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1, using a remember-me cookie with an arbitrary username can cause Opencast
 to assume proper authentication for that user even if the remember-me cookie was incorrect given that the
 attacked endpoint also allows anonymous access. This way, an attacker can, for example, fake a remember-me
 token, assume the identity of the global system administrator and request non-public content from the
 search service without ever providing any proper authentication. This problem is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and
 Opencast 8.1 (CVE-2020-5206)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmm6-w4cf-7f3x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423344

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: 4.8

Percentile: 56.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5206

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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: 1/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5206

cwe: CWE-285