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SCA: security update for find-exec (GHSA-95rp-6gqp-6622)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413061

Description

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

 - find-exec is a utility to discover available shell commands. Versions prior to 1.0.3 did not properly
 escape user input and are vulnerable to Command Injection via an attacker controlled parameter. As a
 result, attackers may run malicious shell commands in the context of the running process. This issue has
 been addressed in version 1.0.3. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that
 all input passed to find-exec comes from a trusted source. (CVE-2023-40582)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95rp-6gqp-6622

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413061

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40582

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40582

cwe: CWE-78