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SCA: security update for com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer (GHSA-3w73-fmf3-hg5c)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409724

Description

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

 - The OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer before 20211018.1 does not properly enforce policies associated with the
 SELECT, STYLE, and OPTION elements. (CVE-2021-42575)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w73-fmf3-hg5c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 409724

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42575

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42575

cwe: CWE-20