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SCA: security update for awscli (GHSA-wfp6-f47h-hxc3)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445242

Description

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

 - Overly permissive file permissions in AWS CLI before 1.44.78 (v1) and 2.34.29 (v2) on Unix-like systems
 where the umask has not been configured to restrict file permissions (the default on most systems) may
 allow other local users on the same host to read credentials written by certain CLI subcommands (aws
 codeartifact login, aws iam create-virtual-mfa-device, aws deploy register). To remediate this issue,
 users should upgrade to AWS CLI 1.44.78 (v1) or 2.34.29 (v2) or later. (CVE-2026-13769)

Solution

Update the awscli library and its related packages to version 1.44.78 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfp6-f47h-hxc3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445242

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/24/2026

Updated: 7/24/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 6.8

Threat Score: 4.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13769

cwe: CWE-732