SCA: security update for org.neo4j:neo4j-kernel (GHSA-2w4h-f44w-968f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409120

Description

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

- A failure in resetting the security context in some transaction actions in Neo4j Graph Database 4.2 and
4.3 could allow authenticated users to execute commands with elevated privileges. (CVE-2021-34802)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w4h-f44w-968f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409120

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34802

cwe: CWE-269