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SCA: security update for github.com/ipfs/go-unixfsnode (GHSA-4gj3-6r43-3wfc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410178

Description

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

 - github.com/ipfs/go-unixfsnode is an ADL IPLD prime node that wraps go-codec-dagpb's implementation of
 protobuf to enable pathing. In versions priot to 1.5.2 trying to read malformed HAMT sharded directories
 can cause panics and virtual memory leaks. If you are reading untrusted user input, an attacker can then
 trigger a panic. This is caused by bogus fanout parameter in the HAMT directory nodes. Users are advised
 to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-23631)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gj3-6r43-3wfc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410178

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: 23.51

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:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23631

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:N/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: 2/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23631

cwe: CWE-400