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SCA: security update for org.apache.flink:flink-runtime (GHSA-7q5g-gph2-4rc6)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412194

Description

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

 - Apache Flink 1.5.1 introduced a REST handler that allows you to write an uploaded file to an arbitrary
 location on the local file system, through a maliciously modified HTTP HEADER. The files can be written to
 any location accessible by Flink 1.5.1. All users should upgrade to Flink 1.11.3 or 1.12.0 if their Flink
 instance(s) are exposed. The issue was fixed in commit a5264a6f41524afe8ceadf1d8ddc8c80f323ebc4 from
 apache/flink:master. (CVE-2020-17518)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q5g-gph2-4rc6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412194

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17518

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: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: 2/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17518