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SCA: security update for github.com/smallstep/certificates (GHSA-j7c9-79x7-8hpr)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436197

Description

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

 - Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Prior
 to 0.29.0, there is an improper authorization check for SSH certificate revocation. This affects
 deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.0.
 (CVE-2025-66406)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7c9-79x7-8hpr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436197

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 12/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-66406