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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432570

Description

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

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0
 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files
 via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE:
 versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last
 affected version. (CVE-2008-2938)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432570

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Elliot (Apache Tomcat File Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2938

BID: 30633

cwe: CWE-22