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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-36qh-35cm-5w2w)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409347

Description

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

 - A vulnerability in the JNDI Realm of Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to authenticate using variations of
 a valid user name and/or to bypass some of the protection provided by the LockOut Realm. This issue
 affects Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.5; 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.45; 8.5.0 to 8.5.65. (CVE-2021-30640)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36qh-35cm-5w2w

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409347

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: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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: 8/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30640