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SCA: security update for cryptography (GHSA-3ww4-gg4f-jr7f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409745

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in the python-cryptography package. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt
 captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or
 sensitive data. (CVE-2023-50782)

Solution

Update the cryptography library and its related packages to version 42.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3ww4-gg4f-jr7f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409745

Version: Revision 1.19

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50782

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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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: 2/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50782