Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-pg42-rg8c-j886)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478348

Description

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

 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number
 guess example for Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from
 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through
 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected. Users are recommended to
 upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue. (CVE-2026-50229)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat:tomcat library and its related packages to version 10.1.56 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pg42-rg8c-j886

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478348

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/4/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50229

cwe: CWE-80