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SCA: security update for github.com/pires/go-proxyproto (GHSA-xcf7-q56x-78gh)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420433

Description

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

 - The package github.com/pires/go-proxyproto before 0.6.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via
 creating connections without the proxy protocol header. (CVE-2021-23409)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcf7-q56x-78gh

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420433

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: 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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23409

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:N/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: 7/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23409

cwe: CWE-400