SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http (GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410283

Description

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

- In versions of Apache CXF before 3.6.4 and 4.0.5 (3.5.x and lower versions are not impacted), a CXF HTTP
client conduit may prevent HTTPClient instances from being garbage collected and it is possible that
memory consumption will continue to increase, eventually causing the application to run out of memory
(CVE-2024-41172)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410283

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41172

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41172

cwe: CWE-401