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SCA: security update for tuf (GHSA-f8mr-jv2c-v8mg)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414390

Description

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

 - Python TUF (The Update Framework) reference implementation before version 0.12 it will incorrectly trust a
 previously downloaded root metadata file which failed verification at download time. This allows an
 attacker who is able to serve multiple new versions of root metadata (i.e. by a person-in-the-middle
 attack) culminating in a version which has not been correctly signed to control the trust chain for future
 updates. This is fixed in version 0.12 and newer. (CVE-2020-15163)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8mr-jv2c-v8mg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414390

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: 4.8

Percentile: 56.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15163

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15163