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SCA: security update for http-signature (GHSA-q257-vv4p-fg92)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423505

Description

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

 - Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11,
 http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature
 vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and
 change the meaning of the request without changing the signature. (CVE-2017-16005)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q257-vv4p-fg92

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423505

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 11/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16005

cwe: CWE-20