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SCA: security update for org.apache.any23:apache-any23 (GHSA-838r-hvwh-24h8)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412388

Description

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

 - An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Any23 StreamUtils.java file and
 is known to affect Any23 versions < 2.5. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web
 security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data.
 It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any
 back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. (CVE-2021-38555)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-838r-hvwh-24h8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412388

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 9/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38555

cwe: CWE-611