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SCA: security update for io.vertx:vertx-core (GHSA-qh3m-qw6v-qvhg)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423206

Description

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

 - In version from 3.5.Beta1 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the OpenAPI XML type validator creates XML parsers
 without taking appropriate defense against XML attacks. This mechanism is exclusively when the developer
 uses the Eclipse Vert.x OpenAPI XML type validator to validate a provided schema. (CVE-2018-12544)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qh3m-qw6v-qvhg

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423206

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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: 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-2018-12544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12544

cwe: CWE-611