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SCA: security update for calibreweb (GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446885

Description

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

 - ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows
 unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that
 triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette);
 Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1. (CVE-2025-6998)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446885

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6998