SCA: security update for org.htmlunit:htmlunit (GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409380

Description

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

- HtmlUnit is a GUI-less browser for Java programs. HtmlUnit is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE)
via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.9.0
(CVE-2023-49093)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409380

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.84

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49093

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49093

cwe: CWE-94