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SCA: security update for github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver (GHSA-prf6-xjxh-p698)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417685

Description

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

 - The OpenTelemetry Collector module AWS firehose receiver is for ingesting AWS Kinesis Data Firehose
 delivery stream messages and parsing the records received based on the configured record type.
 `awsfirehosereceiver` allows unauthenticated remote requests, even when configured to require a key.
 OpenTelemetry Collector can be configured to receive CloudWatch metrics via an AWS Firehose Stream.
 Firehose sets the header `X-Amz-Firehose-Access-Key` with an arbitrary configured string. The
 OpenTelemetry Collector awsfirehosereceiver can optionally be configured to require this key on incoming
 requests. However, when this is configured it **still accepts incoming requests with no key**. Only
 OpenTelemetry Collector users configured with the “alpha” `awsfirehosereceiver` module are affected. This
 module was added in version v0.49.0 of the “Contrib” distribution (or may be included in custom builds).
 There is a risk of unauthorized users writing metrics. Carefully crafted metrics could hide other
 malicious activity. There is no risk of exfiltrating data. It’s likely these endpoints will be exposed to
 the public internet, as Firehose does not support private HTTP endpoints. A fix was introduced in PR
 #34847 and released with v0.108.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for
 this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-45043)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-prf6-xjxh-p698

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417685

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45043