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SCA: security update for org.apache.tika:tika-core (GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423205

Description

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

 - In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the
 commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as
 "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file. (CVE-2018-11762)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423205

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11762

BID: 105515

cwe: CWE-22