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SCA: security update for smart_proxy_dynflow (GHSA-gx5g-xcxj-cx2w)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423454

Description

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

 - An authentication bypass flaw was found in the smart_proxy_dynflow component used by Foreman. A malicious
 attacker can use this flaw to remotely execute arbitrary commands on machines managed by vulnerable
 Foreman instances, in a highly privileged context. (CVE-2018-14643)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx5g-xcxj-cx2w

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423454

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14643

BID: 105375

IAVB: 2018-B-0128

cwe: CWE-287