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SCA: security update for py7zr (GHSA-m8xw-9x5x-6vh3)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416855

Description

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

 - A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr
 v0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to write arbitrary files via extracting a crafted 7z file.
 (CVE-2022-44900)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8xw-9x5x-6vh3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416855

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44900

cwe: CWE-22