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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-2rvf-329f-p99g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409089

Description

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

 - When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be
 controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to
 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files
 could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that
 should not be visible. (CVE-2016-6794)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rvf-329f-p99g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409089

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 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-2016-6794

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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6794

BID: 93943