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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/crypto (GHSA-xhjq-w7xm-p8qj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420524

Description

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

 - The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle
 attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey
 verification mechanism. (CVE-2017-3204)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhjq-w7xm-p8qj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420524

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 2/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3204

BID: 97481