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SCA: security update for strong_password (GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422952

Description

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

 - The strong_password gem 0.0.7 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor
 inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 0.0.6. (CVE-2019-13354)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422952

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13354

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13354

cwe: CWE-94