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SCA: security update for omniauth-auth0 (GHSA-58r4-h6v8-jcvm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410697

Description

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

 - omniauth-auth0 (rubygems) versions >= 2.3.0 and < 2.4.1 improperly validate the JWT token signature when
 using the `jwt_validator.verify` method. Improper validation of the JWT token signature can allow an
 attacker to bypass authentication and authorization. You are affected by this vulnerability if all of the
 following conditions apply: 1. You are using `omniauth-auth0`. 2. You are using `JWTValidator.verify`
 method directly OR you are not authenticating using the SDK’s default Authorization Code Flow. The issue
 is patched in version 2.4.1. (CVE-2020-15240)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-58r4-h6v8-jcvm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410697

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15240