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SCA: security update for tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-wp77-4gmm-7cq8)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420027

Description

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

 - TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for
 `tf.raw_ops.SaveV2` does not properly validate the inputs and an attacker can trigger a null pointer
 dereference. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2
 e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/save_restore_v2_ops.cc) uses `ValidateInputs` to check that the
 input arguments are valid. This validation would have caught the illegal state represented by the
 reproducer above. However, the validation uses `OP_REQUIRES` which translates to setting the `Status`
 object of the current `OpKernelContext` to an error status, followed by an empty `return` statement which
 just terminates the execution of the function it is present in. However, this does not mean that the
 kernel execution is finalized: instead, execution continues from the next line in `Compute` that follows
 the call to `ValidateInputs`. This is equivalent to lacking the validation. We have patched the issue in
 GitHub commit 9728c60e136912a12d99ca56e106b7cce7af5986. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We
 will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are
 also affected and still in supported range. (CVE-2021-37648)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp77-4gmm-7cq8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420027

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37648

cwe: CWE-476