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SCA: security update for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples (GHSA-jjwr-xmw6-gf78)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438640

Description

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

 - This issue affects the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example in Apache PDFBox: from 2.0.24 through 2.0.35, from
 3.0.0 through 3.0.6. The ExtractEmbeddedFiles example contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22)
 because the filename that is obtained from PDComplexFileSpecification.getFilename() is appended to the
 extraction path. Users who have copied this example into their production code should review it to ensure
 that the extraction path is acceptable. The example has been changed accordingly, now the initial path and
 the extraction paths are converted into canonical paths and it is verified that extraction path contains
 the initial path. The documentation has also been adjusted. (CVE-2026-23907)

Solution

Update the org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-examples library and its related packages to version 3.0.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjwr-xmw6-gf78

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438640

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/11/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23907

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:L/I:N/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: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23907

cwe: CWE-22