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SCA: security update for rest-client (GHSA-mx9f-w8qq-q5jf)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423156

Description

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

 - REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.7.3 logs usernames and passwords, which allows local users
 to obtain sensitive information by reading the log. (CVE-2015-3448)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mx9f-w8qq-q5jf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423156

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: 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-2015-3448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3448

BID: 74415

cwe: CWE-200