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SCA: security update for tornado (GHSA-8vpw-mgpf-mpvv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433690

Description

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

 - Tornado before 3.2.2 sends arbitrary responses that contain a fixed CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP
 compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this
 token via a series of crafted requests. (CVE-2014-9720)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vpw-mgpf-mpvv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433690

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: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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: 5/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9720

cwe: CWE-203