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SCA: security update for suricata-update (GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433063

Description

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

 - OISF suricata-update version 1.0.0a1 contains an Insecure Deserialization vulnerability in the insecure
 yaml.load-Function as used in the following files: config.py:136, config.py:142, sources.py:99 and
 sources.py:131. The "list-sources"-command is affected by this bug. that can result in Remote Code
 Execution(even as root if suricata-update is called by root). This attack appears to be exploitable via a
 specially crafted yaml-file at https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/rules/index.yaml. This vulnerability
 appears to have been fixed in 1.0.0b1. (CVE-2018-1000167)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433063

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000167

cwe: CWE-502