SCA: security update for net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit (GHSA-3xrr-7m6p-p7xh)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409796

Description

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

- Versions of the package net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit from 0 and before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote
Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage. (CVE-2023-26119)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3xrr-7m6p-p7xh

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 409796

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26119