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SCA: security update for software.amazon.encryption.s3:amazon-s3-encryption-client-java (GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436430

Description

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

 - Missing cryptographic key commitment in the Amazon S3 Encryption Client for Java may allow a user with
 write access to the S3 bucket to introduce a new EDK that decrypts to different plaintext when the
 encrypted data key is stored in an "instruction file" instead of S3's metadata record. To mitigate this
 issue, upgrade Amazon S3 Encryption Client for Java to version 4.0.0 or later. (CVE-2025-14763)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436430

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14763

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14763

cwe: CWE-327