SCA: security update for github.com/cloudflare/circl (GHSA-2x5j-vhc8-9cwm)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431701

Description

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

- A flaw was found in CIRCL's implementation of the FourQ elliptic curve. This vulnerability allows an
attacker to compromise session security via low-order point injection and incorrect point validation
during Diffie-Hellman key exchange. (CVE-2025-8556)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x5j-vhc8-9cwm

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 431701

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/6/2025

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: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8556