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SCA: security update for github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs (GHSA-4g4p-42wc-9f3m)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433608

Description

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

 - Git LFS 2.12.0 allows Remote Code Execution. (CVE-2020-27955)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g4p-42wc-9f3m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433608

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2020

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Git Remote Code Execution via git-lfs (CVE-2020-27955))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27955

cwe: CWE-427