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SCA: security update for keyring (GHSA-8867-vpm3-g98g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422237

Description

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

 - Python keyring has insecure permissions on new databases allowing world-readable files to be created
 (CVE-2012-5578)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8867-vpm3-g98g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422237

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5578

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5578

cwe: CWE-276