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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-53hp-jpwq-2jgq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410528

Description

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

 - A specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests sent to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M5, 9.0.0.M1 to
 9.0.35 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.55 could trigger high CPU usage for several seconds. If a sufficient number of
 such requests were made on concurrent HTTP/2 connections, the server could become unresponsive.
 (CVE-2020-11996)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core library and its related packages to version 10.0.0-M5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53hp-jpwq-2jgq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410528

Version: Revision 1.5

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

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11996

cwe: CWE-400