SCA: security update for org.http4s:http4s-server_2.12, org.http4s:http4s-server_2.13, org.http4s:http4s-server_3 (GHSA-52cf-226f-rhr6)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410504

Description

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

- Http4s is a minimal, idiomatic Scala interface for HTTP services. In http4s versions 0.21.26 and prior,
0.22.0 through 0.22.2, 0.23.0, 0.23.1, and 1.0.0-M1 through 1.0.0-M24, the default CORS configuration is
vulnerable to an origin reflection attack. The middleware is also susceptible to a Null Origin Attack. The
problem is fixed in 0.21.27, 0.22.3, 0.23.2, and 1.0.0-M25. The original `CORS` implementation and
`CORSConfig` are deprecated. See the GitHub GHSA for more information, including code examples and
workarounds. (CVE-2021-39185)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-52cf-226f-rhr6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410504

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39185

cwe: CWE-346