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SCA: security update for pyftpdlib (GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416600

Description

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

 - Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote
 authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a
 pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command. (CVE-2008-7262)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416600

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-7262

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-7262

BID: 44333

cwe: CWE-22