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SCA: security update for pysaml2 (GHSA-924m-4pmx-c67h)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422592

Description

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

 - pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This
 allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password. (CVE-2017-1000433)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-924m-4pmx-c67h

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422592

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000433

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000433

cwe: CWE-287