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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-hqfx-4x4w-vmwp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432055

Description

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

 - Versions of nova before 2012.1 could expose hypervisor host files to a guest operating system when
 processing a maliciously constructed qcow filesystem. (CVE-2011-3147)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqfx-4x4w-vmwp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432055

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: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/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: 4/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3147

BID: 49922

cwe: CWE-200