SCA: security update for idno/known (GHSA-78wq-6gcv-w28r)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437733

Description

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

- Known is a social publishing platform. Prior to 1.6.3, a Critical Broken Authentication vulnerability
exists in Known 1.6.2 and earlier. The application leaks the password reset token within a hidden HTML
input field on the password reset page. This allows any unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the reset
token for any user by simply querying the user's email, leading to full Account Takeover (ATO) without
requiring access to the victim's email inbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.3. (CVE-2026-26273)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78wq-6gcv-w28r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437733

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/14/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26273