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SCA: security update for paramiko (GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433661

Description

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

 - common.py in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, when using threads or forked processes, does not properly use
 RandomPool, which allows one session to obtain sensitive information from another session by predicting
 the state of the pool. (CVE-2008-0299)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433661

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-0299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0299

BID: 27307

cwe: CWE-200