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SCA: security update for aptdaemon (GHSA-wpmr-q825-x4c6)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433425

Description

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

 - There is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply
 a full path to a writable directory, which lets aptd read a file as root. Having a symlink in place
 results in an error message if the file exists, and no error otherwise. This way an unprivileged user can
 check for the existence of any files on the system as root. (CVE-2020-15703)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpmr-q825-x4c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 433425

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15703

cwe: CWE-200