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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper, org.apache.tomcat:jasper, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper (GHSA-4v3g-g84w-hv7r)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410390

Description

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

 - 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 and 6.0.0 to
 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility
 method that was accessible to web applications. (CVE-2016-5018)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4v3g-g84w-hv7r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410390

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5018

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5018

BID: 93942

cwe: CWE-288