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SCA: security update for org.apache.qpid:proton-j (GHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423466

Description

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

 - The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection
 classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI
 scheme when SSL support is unavailable, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive
 information or modify data via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2016-2166)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423466

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

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:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2166

BID: 85377

cwe: CWE-200