SCA: security update for esphome (GHSA-48mj-p7x2-5jfm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410053

Description

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

- ESPHome is a system to control the ESP8266/ESP32. Anyone with web_server enabled and HTTP basic auth
configured on version 2021.9.1 or older is vulnerable to an issue in which `web_server` allows over-the-
air (OTA) updates without checking user defined basic auth username & password. This issue is patched in
version 2021.9.2. As a workaround, one may disable or remove `web_server`. (CVE-2021-41104)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-48mj-p7x2-5jfm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410053

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41104

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:N/I:H/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:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41104

cwe: CWE-306