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SCA: security update for swiftmailer/swiftmailer (GHSA-pr44-4jfr-286m)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434704

Description

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

 - The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 might allow remote
 attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \"
 (backslash double quote) in a crafted e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender
 header. (CVE-2016-10074)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pr44-4jfr-286m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434704

Version: Revision 1.4

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10074

BID: 95140

cwe: CWE-77