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SCA: security update for com.google.guava:guava (GHSA-5mg8-w23w-74h3)
low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422677
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- A temp directory creation vulnerability exists in all versions of Guava, allowing an attacker with access
to the machine to potentially access data in a temporary directory created by the Guava API
com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By default, on unix-like systems, the created directory is
world-readable (readable by an attacker with access to the system). The method in question has been marked
@Deprecated in versions 30.0 and later and should not be used. For Android developers, we recommend
choosing a temporary directory API provided by Android, such as context.getCacheDir(). For other Java
developers, we recommend migrating to the Java 7 API java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory() which
explicitly configures permissions of 700, or configuring the Java runtime's java.io.tmpdir system property
to point to a location whose permissions are appropriately configured. (CVE-2020-8908)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 422677
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: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
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-2020-8908
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-8908