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SCA: security update for com.cronutils:cron-utils (GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417481

Description

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

 - Cron-utils is a Java library to parse, validate, migrate crons as well as get human readable descriptions
 for them. In cron-utils before version 9.1.3, a template Injection vulnerability is present. This enables
 attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)
 vulnerability. Only projects using the @Cron annotation to validate untrusted Cron expressions are
 affected. This issue was patched in version 9.1.3. (CVE-2020-26238)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pfj3-56hm-jwq5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417481

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26238

cwe: CWE-74