SCA: security update for org.opensaml:opensaml (GHSA-v723-58jv-2qc4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419145

Description

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

- The (1) BasicParserPool, (2) StaticBasicParserPool, (3) XML Decrypter, and (4) SAML Decrypter in
Shibboleth OpenSAML-Java before 2.6.1 set the expandEntityReferences property to true, which allows remote
attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML DOCTYPE declaration.
(CVE-2013-6440)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v723-58jv-2qc4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419145

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6440

BID: 64345

cwe: CWE-200