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SCA: security update for org.apache.maven:maven-compat, org.apache.maven:maven-core (GHSA-2f88-5hg8-9x2x)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408879

Description

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

 - Apache Maven will follow repositories that are defined in a dependency’s Project Object Model (pom) which
 may be surprising to some users, resulting in potential risk if a malicious actor takes over that
 repository or is able to insert themselves into a position to pretend to be that repository. Maven is
 changing the default behavior in 3.8.1+ to no longer follow http (non-SSL) repository references by
 default. More details available in the referenced urls. If you are currently using a repository manager to
 govern the repositories used by your builds, you are unaffected by the risks present in the legacy
 behavior, and are unaffected by this vulnerability and change to default behavior. See this link for more
 information about repository management: https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html
 (CVE-2021-26291)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f88-5hg8-9x2x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408879

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26291

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26291

cwe: CWE-346