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SCA: security update for rest-client (GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423301

Description

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

 - The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-
 execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Versions <=1.6.9 and >=1.6.14 are unaffected.
 (CVE-2019-15224)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423301

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15224

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15224

cwe: CWE-94