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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3 (GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421931

Description

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

 - Versions of Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.4 do not fully disable Document Type Declarations (DTDs) when
 either parsing the Identity Provider response in the application plugins, or in the Identity Provider
 itself when parsing certain XML-based parameters. (CVE-2018-8038)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421931

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 23.18

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8038

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: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8038

BID: 106353

cwe: CWE-20