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SCA: security update for org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf (GHSA-chj8-5xgw-wcvj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423237

Description

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

 - Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP.
 However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading
 to a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8750)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-chj8-5xgw-wcvj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423237

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8750

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 1/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8750

BID: 103098

cwe: CWE-90