SCA: security update for github.com/kitabisa/teler-waf (GHSA-p2pf-g8cq-3gq5)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417230

Description

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

- teler-waf is a Go HTTP middleware that provides teler IDS functionality to protect against web-based
attacks. In teler-waf prior to version v0.2.0 is vulnerable to a bypass attack when a specific case-
sensitive hex entities payload with special characters such as CR/LF and horizontal tab is used. This
vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's browser and
compromise the security of the web application. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass
common web attack threat rules in teler-waf and launch cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The attacker
can execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's browser and steal sensitive information, such as
login credentials and session tokens, or take control of the victim's browser and perform malicious
actions. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0. (CVE-2023-26047)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2pf-g8cq-3gq5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417230

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26047

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 3/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26047