SCA: security update for ftp-srv (GHSA-jw37-5gqr-cf9j)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416596

Description

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

- ftp-srv is an npm package which is a modern and extensible FTP server designed to be simple yet
configurable. In ftp-srv before versions 2.19.6, 3.1.2, and 4.3.4 are vulnerable to Server-Side Request
Forgery. The PORT command allows arbitrary IPs which can be used to cause the server to make a connection
elsewhere. A possible workaround is blocking the PORT through the configuration. This issue is fixed in
version2 2.19.6, 3.1.2, and 4.3.4. More information can be found on the linked advisory. (CVE-2020-15152)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw37-5gqr-cf9j

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416596

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15152

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15152

cwe: CWE-918