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SCA: security update for httplib2 (GHSA-q48q-77qv-cf9p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434469

Description

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

 - httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, does not verify that the server
 hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509
 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid
 certificate. (CVE-2013-2037)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q48q-77qv-cf9p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434469

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2037

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2037

BID: 52179

cwe: CWE-20