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SCA: security update for tpwd/ke_search (GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444114

Description

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

 - The file indexer does not normalize the configured directory path. A backend user with permission to edit
 indexer configurations can index documents from arbitrary locations on the server file system through path
 traversal sequences. (CVE-2026-46724)

Solution

Update the tpwd/ke_search library and its related packages to version 4.6.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444114

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/29/2026

Updated: 6/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46724

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46724

cwe: CWE-22