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SCA: security update for org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-otp-mfa-core, org.apereo.cas:cas-server-webapp (GHSA-q39c-5vh5-vw2p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417829

Description

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

 - Apereo CAS 5.3.x before 5.3.16, 6.x before 6.1.7.2, 6.2.x before 6.2.4, and 6.3.x before 6.3.0-RC4
 mishandles secret keys with Google Authenticator for multifactor authentication. (CVE-2020-27178)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q39c-5vh5-vw2p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417829

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2020-27178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 8/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27178

cwe: CWE-287