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SCA: security update for github.com/ubuntu/authd (GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437026

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in the temporary user record that authd uses in the pre-auth NSS. As a result, a user
 login for the first time will be considered to be part of the root group in the context of that SSH
 session. (CVE-2025-5689)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437026

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5689

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5689