SCA: security update for github.com/sylabs/singularity (GHSA-w6v2-qchm-grj7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431969

Description

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

- Sylabs Singularity 3.2.0 through 3.6.2 has Insecure Permissions on temporary directories used in fakeroot
or user namespace container execution. (CVE-2020-25039)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6v2-qchm-grj7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431969

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25039

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 12/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25039