SCA: security update for aiohttp (GHSA-q3qx-c6g2-7pw2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417846

Description

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

- aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Improper validation made
it possible for an attacker to modify the HTTP request (e.g. to insert a new header) or create a new HTTP
request if the attacker controls the HTTP version. The vulnerability only occurs if the attacker can
control the HTTP version of the request. This issue has been patched in version 3.9.0. (CVE-2023-49081)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3qx-c6g2-7pw2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417846

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49081

cwe: CWE-20