SCA: security update for commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload, org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (GHSA-hfrx-6qgj-fp6c)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415696

Description

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

- Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting
in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads. Note
that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is
not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured. (CVE-2023-24998)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415696

Version: Revision 1.17

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: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24998

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: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: 2/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24998

cwe: CWE-770

Detections

Analytics