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SCA: security update for passenger (GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423315

Description

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

 - In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module
 execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.
 (CVE-2016-10345)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423315

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10345