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SCA: security update for python-ldap (GHSA-p34h-wq7j-h5v6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435576

Description

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

 - python-ldap is a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) client API for Python. In versions prior to
 3.4.5, ldap.dn.escape_dn_chars() escapes \x00 incorrectly by emitting a backslash followed by a literal
 NUL byte instead of the RFC-4514 hex form \00. Any application that uses this helper to construct DNs from
 untrusted input can be made to consistently fail before a request is sent to the LDAP server (e.g., AD),
 resulting in a client-side denial of service. Version 3.4.5 contains a patch for the issue.
 (CVE-2025-61912)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p34h-wq7j-h5v6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435576

Version: Revision 1.34

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/11/2025

Updated: 6/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61912

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61912