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SCA: security update for co.elastic.apm:apm-agent-parent, co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent (GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411091

Description

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

 - A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could
 attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this vulnerability, an
 attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has
 access to. (CVE-2021-37942)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411091

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37942

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37942

cwe: CWE-269