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SCA: security update for org.apache.poi:poi (GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410494

Description

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

 - Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite
 Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory
 Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295). (CVE-2017-12626)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410494

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12626

BID: 102879

cwe: CWE-835