SCA: security update for org.verapdf:core, org.verapdf:core-arlington, org.verapdf:core-jakarta, org.verapdf:verapdf-library, org.verapdf:verapdf-library-arlington, org.verapdf:verapdf-library-jakarta (GHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418414

Description

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

- veraPDF-library is a PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files
invokes an XSL transformation that could lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This
vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.2. (CVE-2024-28109)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qxqf-2mfx-x8jw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418414

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28109

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28109

cwe: CWE-91