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SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-g8wg-cjwc-xhhp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415006

Description

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

 - TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions it is possible
 to nest a `tf.map_fn` within another `tf.map_fn` call. However, if the input tensor is a `RaggedTensor`
 and there is no function signature provided, code assumes the output is a fully specified tensor and fills
 output buffer with uninitialized contents from the heap. The `t` and `z` outputs should be identical,
 however this is not the case. The last row of `t` contains data from the heap which can be used to leak
 other memory information. The bug lies in the conversion from a `Variant` tensor to a `RaggedTensor`. The
 [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/te
 nsorflow/core/kernels/ragged_tensor_from_variant_op.cc#L177-L190) does not check that all inner shapes
 match and this results in the additional dimensions. The same implementation can result in data loss, if
 input tensor is tweaked. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit
 4e2565483d0ffcadc719bd44893fb7f609bb5f12. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also
 cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also
 affected and still in supported range. (CVE-2021-37679)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8wg-cjwc-xhhp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415006

Version: Revision 1.8

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37679

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37679