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SCA: security update for jwcrypto (GHSA-wg33-x934-3ghh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432716

Description

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

 - The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the
 Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data
 via a Million Message Attack (MMA). (CVE-2016-6298)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg33-x934-3ghh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432716

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6298

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6298

BID: 92729

cwe: CWE-200