SCA: security update for github.com/emicklei/go-restful, github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 (GHSA-r48q-9g5r-8q2h)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418474

Description

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

- Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository emicklei/go-restful prior to v3.8.0.
(CVE-2022-1996)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r48q-9g5r-8q2h

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 418474

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1996

cwe: CWE-639