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SCA: security update for github.com/clastix/capsule-proxy (GHSA-9cwv-cppx-mqjm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413223

Description

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

 - capsule-proxy is a reverse proxy for Capsule Operator which provides multi-tenancy in Kubernetes. In
 versions prior to 0.2.1 an attacker with a proper authentication mechanism may use a malicious
 `Connection` header to start a privilege escalation attack towards the Kubernetes API Server. This
 vulnerability allows for an exploit of the `cluster-admin` Role bound to `capsule-proxy`. There are no
 known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2022-23652)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cwv-cppx-mqjm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413223

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23652

cwe: CWE-287