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SCA: security update for Flask-Cors (GHSA-hxwh-jpp2-84pm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421343

Description

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

 - A vulnerability in corydolphin/flask-cors version 4.0.1 allows the `Access-Control-Allow-Private-Network`
 CORS header to be set to true by default. This behavior can expose private network resources to
 unauthorized external access, leading to significant security risks such as data breaches, unauthorized
 access to sensitive information, and potential network intrusions. (CVE-2024-6221)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxwh-jpp2-84pm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421343

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6221

cwe: CWE-284