SCA: security update for github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig (GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431892

Description

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

- In goxmldsig (XML Digital Signatures implemented in pure Go) before version 1.1.0, with a carefully
crafted XML file, an attacker can completely bypass signature validation and pass off an altered file as a
signed one. A patch is available, all users of goxmldsig should upgrade to at least revision
f6188febf0c29d7ffe26a0436212b19cb9615e64 or version 1.1.0 (CVE-2020-15216)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q547-gmf8-8jr7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 431892

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 5/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15216

cwe: CWE-347