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SCA: security update for magic-wormhole (GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441358

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. Prior to 0.24.0, there is a path traversal when a receiver who specifies "--output <dir>" where
 that output directory currently exists (as a directory). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
 (CVE-2026-42448)

Solution

Update the magic-wormhole library and its related packages to version 0.24.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf92-gfcw-6v53

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 441358

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42448

cwe: CWE-22