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SCA: security update for aws-encryption-sdk, com.amazonaws:aws-encryption-sdk-java (GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433459

Description

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

 - A weak robustness vulnerability exists in the AWS Encryption SDKs for Java, Python, C and Javalcript prior
 to versions 2.0.0. Due to the non-committing property of AES-GCM (and other AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM-
 SIV or (X)ChaCha20Poly1305) used by the SDKs to encrypt messages, an attacker can craft a unique
 cyphertext which will decrypt to multiple different results, and becomes especially relevant in a multi-
 recipient setting. We recommend users update their SDK to 2.0.0 or later. (CVE-2020-8897)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433459

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8897

cwe: CWE-327