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SCA: security update for org.apache.nifi:nifi (GHSA-wc97-7623-rxwx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419867

Description

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

 - Multiple components in Apache NiFi 0.0.1 to 1.16.0 do not restrict XML External Entity references in the
 default configuration. The Standard Content Viewer service attempts to resolve XML External Entity
 references when viewing formatted XML files. The following Processors attempt to resolve XML External
 Entity references when configured with default property values: - EvaluateXPath - EvaluateXQuery -
 ValidateXml Apache NiFi flow configurations that include these Processors are vulnerable to malicious XML
 documents that contain Document Type Declarations with XML External Entity references. The resolution
 disables Document Type Declarations in the default configuration for these Processors, and disallows XML
 External Entity resolution in standard services. (CVE-2022-29265)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc97-7623-rxwx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419867

Version: Revision 1.7

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-2022-29265

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: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29265

cwe: CWE-611