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SCA: security update for dulwich (GHSA-cwwh-4382-6fwr)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433741

Description

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

 - Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
 commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800,
 CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117. (CVE-2017-16228)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwwh-4382-6fwr

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433741

Version: Revision 1.2

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16228