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SCA: security update for phpseclib/phpseclib (GHSA-3qpq-r242-jqj7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441216

Description

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

 - phpseclib is a PHP secure communications library. Prior to 1.0.29, 2.0.54, and 3.0.52, anyone loading
 untrusted ASN1 files (eg. X509 certificates, RSA PKCS8 private or public keys, etc). This is a bypass of
 CVE-2024-27355. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.29, 2.0.54, and 3.0.52. (CVE-2026-44167)

Solution

Update the phpseclib/phpseclib library and its related packages to version 1.0.29 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qpq-r242-jqj7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441216

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44167

cwe: CWE-400