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SCA: security update for log4j:log4j, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core (GHSA-vp98-w2p3-mv35)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419448
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When using the Chainsaw or SocketAppender components with Log4j 1.x on JRE
less than 1.7, an attacker that manages to cause a logging entry involving a specially-crafted (ie, deeply
nested) hashmap or hashtable (depending on which logging component is in use) to be processed could
exhaust the available memory in the virtual machine and achieve Denial of Service when the object is
deserialized. This issue affects Apache Log4j before 2. Affected users are recommended to update to Log4j
2.x. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
(CVE-2023-26464)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 419448
Version: Revision 1.8
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: 23.73
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26464
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:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-26464