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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-2c9m-w27f-53rm)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408851

Description

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

 - When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the
 X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2,
 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This
 could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. Older, EOL
 versions may also be affected. (CVE-2023-28708)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2c9m-w27f-53rm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408851

Version: Revision 1.16

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 3/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28708

cwe: CWE-523