SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (GHSA-cx6h-86xw-9x34)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414163

Description

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

- The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M2 to 11.0.0-M4, 10.1.5 to 10.1.7,
9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the
maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied
exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request parts could be
bypassed with the potential for a denial of service to occur. (CVE-2023-28709)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx6h-86xw-9x34

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414163

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28709

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 7/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28709

cwe: CWE-193