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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-qr2j-wrhx-4829)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418282

Description

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

 - In Go Ethereum (aka geth) before 1.8.14, TraceChain in eth/api_tracer.go does not verify that the end
 block is after the start block. (CVE-2018-16733)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qr2j-wrhx-4829

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418282

Version: Revision 1.6

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-2018-16733

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: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16733

cwe: CWE-20