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SCA: security update for http (GHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422573

Description

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

 - The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote
 attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack. (CVE-2015-1828)

Solution

Update the http library and its related packages to version 0.6.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422573

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1828

cwe: CWE-200