SCA: security update for org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api (GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421440

Description

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

- A flaw was found in XNIO. The XNIO NotifierState that can cause a Stack Overflow Exception when the chain
of notifier states becomes problematically large can lead to uncontrolled resource management and a
possible denial of service (DoS). (CVE-2023-5685)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421440

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

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-2023-5685

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: 3/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5685

cwe: CWE-400