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SCA: security update for System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs (GHSA-2fmv-rv2c-59x7)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476189

Description

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

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library improperly handles
 web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service
 against a .NET web application. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by
 issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET application. The update addresses the vulnerability by
 correcting how the .NET web application handles web requests. (CVE-2026-70162)

Solution

Update the System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs library and its related packages to version 10.0.13 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fmv-rv2c-59x7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476189

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/19/2026

Updated: 10/19/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

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:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70162

cwe: CWE-405