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SCA: security update for apache-libcloud (GHSA-w3j6-8j34-q43x)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433841

Description

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

 - libcloud before 0.4.1 does not verify SSL certificates for HTTPS connections, which allows remote
 attackers to spoof certificates and bypass intended access restrictions via a man-in-the-middle (MITM)
 attack. (CVE-2010-4340)

Solution

Update the apache-libcloud library and its related packages to version 0.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3j6-8j34-q43x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433841

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

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: High

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-2010-4340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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: 9/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4340

BID: 78748

cwe: CWE-295