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SCA: security update for org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml (GHSA-gmg8-593g-7mv3)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424819

Description

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

 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files
 like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious
 users to add zip entries with duplicate names (including the path) in the zip. In this case, products
 reading the affected file could read different data because 1 of the zip entries with the duplicate name
 is selected over another but different products may choose a different zip entry. This issue affects
 Apache POI poi-ooxml before 5.4.0. poi-ooxml 5.4.0 has a check that throws an exception if zip entries
 with duplicate file names are found in the input file. Users are recommended to upgrade to version poi-
 ooxml 5.4.0, which fixes the issue. Please read https://poi.apache.org/security.html for recommendations
 about how to use the POI libraries securely. (CVE-2025-31672)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmg8-593g-7mv3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424819

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31672

cwe: CWE-20