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SCA: security update for magic-wormhole (GHSA-4g4c-mfqg-pj8r)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438764

Description

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

 - Magic Wormhole makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories from one computer to
 another. From 0.21.0 to before 0.23.0, receiving a file (wormhole receive) from a malicious party could
 result in overwriting critical local files, including ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and .bashrc. This could be
 used to compromise the receiver's computer. Only the sender of the file (the party who runs wormhole send)
 can mount the attack. Other parties (including the transit/relay servers) are excluded by the wormhole
 protocol. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.0. (CVE-2026-32116)

Solution

Update the magic-wormhole library and its related packages to version 0.23.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g4c-mfqg-pj8r

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438764

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32116

cwe: CWE-22