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SCA: security update for github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs (GHSA-r4gv-vj59-cccm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418480

Description

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

 - go-ipfs is an open-source golang implementation of IPFS which is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer
 filesystem. In go-ipfs before version 0.8.0, control characters are not escaped from console output. This
 can result in hiding input from the user which could result in the user taking an unknown, malicious
 action. This is fixed in version 0.8.0. (CVE-2020-26283)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r4gv-vj59-cccm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418480

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26283