SCA: security update for pixelfed/pixelfed (GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415060

Description

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

- Pixelfed is an open source photo sharing platform. When processing requests authorization was improperly
and insufficiently checked, allowing attackers to access far more functionality than users intended,
including to the administrative and moderator functionality of the Pixelfed server. This vulnerability
affects every version of Pixelfed between v0.10.4 and v0.11.9, inclusive. A proof of concept of this
vulnerability exists. This vulnerability affects every local user of a Pixelfed server, and can
potentially affect the servers' ability to federate. Some user interaction is required to setup the
conditions to be able to exercise the vulnerability, but the attacker could conduct this attack time-
delayed manner, where user interaction is not actively required. This vulnerability has been addressed in
version 0.11.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
(CVE-2024-25108)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415060

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25108

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: 2/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25108