SCA: security update for org.neo4j:neo4j (GHSA-xr72-g735-4vwp)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437607

Description

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

- Insufficient escaping of unicode characters in query log in Neo4j Enterprise and Community editions prior
to 2026.01 can lead to XSS if the user opens the logs in a tool that treats them as HTML. There is no
security impact on Neo4j products, but this advisory is released as a precaution to treat the logs as
plain text if using versions prior to 2026.01. Proof of concept exploit:
https://github.com/JoakimBulow/CVE-2026-1337 (CVE-2026-1337)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xr72-g735-4vwp

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 437607

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/6/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1337

cwe: CWE-117