SCA: security update for org.apache.karaf.management:org.apache.karaf.management.server (GHSA-jh5g-9m4v-9vv9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416377

Description

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

- Apache Karaf allows monitoring of applications and the Java runtime by using the Java Management
Extensions (JMX). JMX is a Java RMI based technology that relies on Java serialized objects for client
server communication. Whereas the default JMX implementation is hardened against unauthenticated
deserialization attacks, the implementation used by Apache Karaf is not protected against this kind of
attack. The impact of Java deserialization vulnerabilities strongly depends on the classes that are
available within the targets class path. Generally speaking, deserialization of untrusted data does always
represent a high security risk and should be prevented. The risk is low as, by default, Karaf uses a
limited set of classes in the JMX server class path. It depends of system scoped classes (e.g. jar in the
lib folder). (CVE-2021-41766)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416377

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41766

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 1/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41766

cwe: CWE-502

Detections

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