SCA: security update for security_monkey (GHSA-j6jq-3q8p-xgg6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434899

Description

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

- Netflix Security Monkey before 0.8.0 has an Open Redirect. The logout functionality accepted the "next"
parameter which then redirects to any domain irrespective of the Host header. (CVE-2017-7266)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6jq-3q8p-xgg6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434899

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7266

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7266

BID: 97088

cwe: CWE-601