SCA: security update for org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 (GHSA-7qx4-pp76-vrqh)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423034

Description

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

- Apache Commons Configuration uses a third-party library to parse YAML files which by default allows the
instantiation of classes if the YAML includes special statements. Apache Commons Configuration versions
2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 did not change the default settings of this library. So if a YAML file was loaded
from an untrusted source, it could therefore load and execute code out of the control of the host
application. (CVE-2020-1953)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423034

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 8/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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: 5/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1953

cwe: CWE-20

Detections

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