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SCA: security update for awscli (GHSA-hqvf-45jj-mccq)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445765

Description

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

 - Key exchange without entity authentication in the EMR SSH helper commands in Amazon AWS CLI before 1.45.28
 and AWS CLI v2 before 2.35.3 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept SSHsessions and file
 transfers via network positioning between the client and the EMR cluster endpoint. To remediate this
 issue, users should upgrade to AWS CLI v1 1.45.28 or later, or AWS CLI v2 2.35.3 or later.
 (CVE-2026-18654)

Solution

Update the awscli library and its related packages to version 1.45.28 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqvf-45jj-mccq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445765

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2026

Updated: 8/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.03

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-18654

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18654

cwe: CWE-322