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SCA: security update for github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2 (GHSA-rwvp-r38j-9rgg)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435584

Description

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

 - github.com/nwaples/rardecode versions <=2.1.1 fail to restrict the dictionary size when reading large RAR
 dictionary sizes, which allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted RAR file and cause Denial of
 Service via an Out Of Memory Crash. (CVE-2025-11579)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwvp-r38j-9rgg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435584

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/11/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 10/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11579

cwe: CWE-789