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SCA: security update for org.apache.ws.security:wss4j, org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom (GHSA-vjwc-5hfh-2vv5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419393

Description

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

 - Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 improperly leaks information about decryption failures
 when decrypting an encrypted key or message data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to recover
 the plaintext form of a symmetric key via a series of crafted messages. NOTE: this vulnerability exists
 because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2487. (CVE-2015-0226)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjwc-5hfh-2vv5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419393

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2015-0226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0226

BID: 72553

cwe: CWE-327