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SCA: security update for xalan:xalan (GHSA-rc2w-r4jq-7pfx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418647

Description

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

 - The TransformerFactory in Apache Xalan-Java before 2.7.2 does not properly restrict access to certain
 properties when FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING is enabled, which allows remote attackers to bypass expected
 restrictions and load arbitrary classes or access external resources via a crafted (1) xalan:content-
 header, (2) xalan:entities, (3) xslt:content-header, or (4) xslt:entities property, or a Java property
 that is bound to the XSLT 1.0 system-property function. (CVE-2014-0107)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc2w-r4jq-7pfx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418647

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0107

BID: 66397

cwe: CWE-285