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SCA: security update for google.golang.org/protobuf, google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson, google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/encoding/json (GHSA-8r3f-844c-mc37)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421439

Description

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

 - The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid
 JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any
 value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set. (CVE-2024-24786)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r3f-844c-mc37

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421439

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24786

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24786

cwe: CWE-835