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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-3vx3-xf6q-r5xp)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409714

Description

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

 - While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat
 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.11, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.75 did not use the
 appropriate facade object. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager, it was therefore
 possible for that untrusted application to retain a reference to the request or response object and
 thereby access and/or modify information associated with another web application. (CVE-2017-5648)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vx3-xf6q-r5xp

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 409714

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5648

BID: 97530

cwe: CWE-668