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SCA: security update for github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs (GHSA-27pv-q55r-222g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408771

Description

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

 - go-ipfs is an open-source golang implementation of IPFS which is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer
 filesystem. In go-ipfs before version 0.8.0-rc1, it is possible for path traversal to occur with DAGs
 containing relative paths during retrieval. This can cause files to be overwritten, or written to
 incorrect output directories. The issue can only occur when a get is done on an affected DAG. This is
 fixed in version 0.8.0-rc1. (CVE-2020-26279)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27pv-q55r-222g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408771

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/26/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26279

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26279

cwe: CWE-22