SCA: security update for ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base (GHSA-67f6-c8mx-4q2m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411273

Description

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

- JPA Server in HAPI FHIR before 5.4.0 allows a user to deny service (e.g., disable access to the database
after the attack stops) via history requests. This occurs because of a SELECT COUNT statement that
requires a full index scan, with an accompanying large amount of server resources if there are many
simultaneous history requests. (CVE-2021-32053)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-67f6-c8mx-4q2m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411273

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32053

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32053

cwe: CWE-400