SCA: security update for org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs (GHSA-pc54-pchm-xcw6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417447

Description

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

- DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2)
external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE)
attacks via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-7839)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pc54-pchm-xcw6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417447

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: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7839

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7839

BID: 71338