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SCA: security update for xerces:xercesImpl (GHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415508

Description

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

 - There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted
 XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may
 sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ
 version 2.12.1 and the previous versions. (CVE-2022-23437)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415508

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23437

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23437

cwe: CWE-91