SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 (GHSA-whw7-h25v-9qvx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421928

Description

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

- Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for
applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2,
Spring 3, Jetty 8 and Jetty 9 plugins in Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and 1.2.4. (CVE-2017-7661)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whw7-h25v-9qvx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421928

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7661

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7661

BID: 98489

cwe: CWE-352