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SCA: security update for github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager (GHSA-r7fm-3pqm-ww5w)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428350

Description

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

 - Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. When decoding
 a scenario (i.e. a zip archive), the size of the decoded content is not checked, potentially leading to
 zip bombs decompression. Exploitation does not require authentication nor authorization, so anyone can
 exploit it. It should nonetheless not be exploitable as it is highly recommended to bury Chall-Manager
 deep within the infrastructure due to its large capabilities, so no users could reach the system. Patch
 has been implemented by commit 14042aa and shipped in v0.1.4. (CVE-2025-53633)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7fm-3pqm-ww5w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428350

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/10/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2025-53633

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53633