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SCA: security update for github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (GHSA-hgwp-4vp4-qmm2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433077

Description

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

 - `cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows
 systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be
 abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.
 (CVE-2020-24356)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgwp-4vp4-qmm2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433077

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/12/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24356

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24356

cwe: CWE-427