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SCA: security update for python-swiftclient (GHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmj)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428301

Description

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

 - The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) 1.0 through 1.9.0 does not verify X.509
 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain
 sensitive information via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2013-6396)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmj

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 428301

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6396

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6396

BID: 63752

cwe: CWE-295