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SCA: security update for cvxopt (GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412838

Description

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

 - Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs
 (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which
 allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects. (CVE-2021-41500)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412838

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41500

cwe: CWE-697