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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault, github.com/openbao/openbao (GHSA-jg74-mwgw-v6x3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416346

Description

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

 - Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the
 valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH
 certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as
 any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10,
 and 1.15.15. (CVE-2024-7594)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg74-mwgw-v6x3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416346

Version: Revision 1.15

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7594

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 5.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7594

cwe: CWE-732