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Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.28.3-r2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423765

Description

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

 - Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can
 result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over
 HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file". (CVE-2018-1000500)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1000500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423765

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2018-1000500

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000500