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SCA: security update for pheditor/pheditor (GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444803

Description

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

 - Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version
 2.0.6, Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11).
 There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default
 credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal features,
 enabling arbitrary file read/write and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version
 2.0.6. (CVE-2026-55579)

Solution

Update the pheditor/pheditor library and its related packages to version 2.0.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 444803

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

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-2026-55579

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: 7/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55579

cwe: CWE-798