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SCA: security update for pghoard (GHSA-m9hc-vxjj-4x6q)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416878

Description

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

 - pghoard is a PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling that stores backup data in cloud object stores.
 A vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to acquire disk access with privileges
 equivalent to those of pghoard, allowing for unintended path traversal. Depending on the
 permissions/privileges assigned to pghoard, this could allow disclosure of sensitive information. This
 issue has been addressed in releases after 2.2.2a. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known
 workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-56142)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9hc-vxjj-4x6q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416878

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56142

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56142

cwe: CWE-22