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SCA: security update for aws-iot-device-sdk-v2, awsiotsdk, software.amazon.awssdk.iotdevicesdk:aws-iot-device-sdk (GHSA-94jq-q5v2-76wj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413024

Description

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

 - Connections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java (versions prior to 1.3.3), Python (versions
 prior to 1.5.18), C++ (versions prior to 1.12.7) and Node.js (versions prior to 1.5.1) did not verify
 server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their
 trust stores on Windows. This issue has been addressed in aws-c-io submodule versions 0.9.13 onward. This
 issue affects: Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.3.3 on Microsoft
 Windows. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.5.18 on Microsoft
 Windows. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 on Microsoft Windows.
 Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 on Microsoft Windows.
 (CVE-2021-40828)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94jq-q5v2-76wj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413024

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40828

cwe: CWE-295