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SCA: security update for org.codehaus.groovy:groovy, org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all (GHSA-rcjj-h6gh-jf3r)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418666

Description

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

 - Apache Groovy provides extension methods to aid with creating temporary directories. Prior to this fix,
 Groovy's implementation of those extension methods was using a now superseded Java JDK method call that is
 potentially not secure on some operating systems in some contexts. Users not using the extension methods
 mentioned in the advisory are not affected, but may wish to read the advisory for further details.
 Versions Affected: 2.0 to 2.4.20, 2.5.0 to 2.5.13, 3.0.0 to 3.0.6, and 4.0.0-alpha-1. Fixed in versions
 2.4.21, 2.5.14, 3.0.7, 4.0.0-alpha-2. (CVE-2020-17521)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rcjj-h6gh-jf3r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418666

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 12/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17521

cwe: CWE-379