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SCA: security update for org.apache.james:james-server (GHSA-c38m-7h53-g9v4)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413613

Description

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

 - Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable
 to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache
 James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not
 impacted. (CVE-2021-40525)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c38m-7h53-g9v4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413613

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: 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-2021-40525

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: 1/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40525

cwe: CWE-22