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SCA: security update for Google.Protobuf, github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf, google/protobuf, protobuf (GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416617

Description

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

 - protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2015-5237)

Solution

Update the github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf library and its related packages to version 0.0.0-20170815233912-80a37e0782d2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416617

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 57.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2015-5237

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: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5237

BID: 105086

cwe: CWE-787