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SCA: security update for org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-broker (GHSA-5x3v-2gxr-59m2)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411070

Description

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

 - In Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0, when the automatic topic creation in the broker is turned on by
 default, an evil topic like “../../../../topic2020” is sent from rocketmq-client to the broker, a topic
 folder will be created in the parent directory in brokers, which leads to a directory traversal
 vulnerability. Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following: Upgrade to Apache
 RocketMQ 4.6.1 or later. (CVE-2019-17572)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x3v-2gxr-59m2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411070

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 7/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17572

cwe: CWE-22