SCA: security update for org.apache.shiro:shiro-core (GHSA-x96m-rh44-vgv8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443524

Description

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

- A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in
DefaultLdapRealm class. User-supplied username input is directly concatenated into the LDAP DN template
without any escaping of RFC 2253 special characters. This allows an attacker to manipulate the DN
structure used for LDAP bind authentication, potentially bypassing authentication or impersonating other
users. This issue affects all Apache Shiro versions through 2.2.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1 when using
DefaultLdapRealm Upgrade to Apache Shiro 2.2.1 or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.
(CVE-2026-49268)

Solution

Update the org.apache.shiro:shiro-core library and its related packages to version 2.2.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443524

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-49268

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-49268

cwe: CWE-90

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