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SCA: security update for log4net (GHSA-2cwj-8chv-9pp9)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408871

Description

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

 - Apache log4net versions before 2.0.10 do not disable XML external entities when parsing log4net
 configuration files. This allows for XXE-based attacks in applications that accept attacker-controlled
 log4net configuration files. (CVE-2018-1285)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2cwj-8chv-9pp9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408871

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 1/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1285

cwe: CWE-611