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SCA: security update for github.com/buildkite/elastic-ci-stack-for-aws/v6 (GHSA-7c44-7j7v-w554)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421503

Description

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

 - A symbolic link following vulnerability in Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS versions prior to 6.7.1 and 5.22.5
 allows the buildkite-agent user to change ownership of arbitrary directories via the PIPELINE_PATH
 variable in the fix-buildkite-agent-builds-permissions script. (CVE-2023-43116)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c44-7j7v-w554

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421503

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43116

cwe: CWE-59