SCA: security update for org.apache.geode:geode-core (GHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409375

Description

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

- When a cluster is operating in secure mode, a user with read privileges for specific data regions can use
the gfsh command line utility to execute queries. In Apache Geode before 1.2.1, the query results may
contain data from another user's concurrently executing gfsh query, potentially revealing data that the
user is not authorized to view. (CVE-2017-9794)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409375

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9794

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9794

cwe: CWE-200