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SCA: security update for pyload-ng (GHSA-ghmw-rwh8-6qmr)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415149

Description

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

 - pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. A log injection vulnerability
 was identified in `pyload` allowing any unauthenticated actor to inject arbitrary messages into the logs
 gathered by `pyload`. Forged or otherwise, corrupted log files can be used to cover an attacker’s tracks
 or even to implicate another party in the commission of a malicious act. This vulnerability has been
 patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev77. (CVE-2024-21645)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghmw-rwh8-6qmr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415149

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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21645

cwe: CWE-74