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SCA: security update for org.apache.brooklyn:brooklyn (GHSA-9cqh-5x6g-wgm9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413212

Description

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

 - Apache Brooklyn uses the SnakeYAML library for parsing YAML inputs. SnakeYAML allows the use of YAML tags
 to indicate that SnakeYAML should unmarshal data to a Java type. In the default configuration in Brooklyn
 before 0.10.0, SnakeYAML will allow unmarshalling to any Java type available on the classpath. This could
 provide an authenticated user with a means to cause the JVM running Brooklyn to load and run Java code
 without detection by Brooklyn. Such code would have the privileges of the Java process running Brooklyn,
 including the ability to open files and network connections, and execute system commands. There is known
 to be a proof-of-concept exploit using this vulnerability. (CVE-2016-8744)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cqh-5x6g-wgm9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413212

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8744

cwe: CWE-502