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SCA: security update for rsa (GHSA-8rjr-6qq5-pj9p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432593

Description

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

 - The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof
 signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.
 (CVE-2016-1494)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rjr-6qq5-pj9p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432593

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1494

BID: 79829