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SCA: security update for rubocop (GHSA-wmjf-jpjj-9f3j)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423401

Description

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

 - RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper
 with cache files belonging to other users. (CVE-2017-8418)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmjf-jpjj-9f3j

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 423401

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8418

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:N/I:L/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: 11/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8418

cwe: CWE-668