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SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-handler (GHSA-4g8c-wm8x-jfhw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420862

Description

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

 - Netty, an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework, has a vulnerability starting in
 version 4.1.91.Final and prior to version 4.1.118.Final. When a special crafted packet is received via
 SslHandler it doesn't correctly handle validation of such a packet in all cases which can lead to a native
 crash. Version 4.1.118.Final contains a patch. As workaround its possible to either disable the usage of
 the native SSLEngine or change the code manually. (CVE-2025-24970)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8c-wm8x-jfhw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420862

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/10/2025

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: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24970

cwe: CWE-20