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SCA: security update for org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5 (GHSA-hf6x-8p5f-cgmf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445928

Description

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

 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 message parser in Apache HttpComponents
 Core (5.4.2 and earlier, 5.5-beta1 and earlier) allows an remote attacker to cause a denial of service
 through memory exhaustion by sending messages with excessive number of headers / excessive header length
 (CVE-2026-54399)

Solution

Update the org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5 library and its related packages to version 5.4.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf6x-8p5f-cgmf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445928

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54399

cwe: CWE-400