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SCA: security update for org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api (GHSA-cxwh-vmhg-39r2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414186

Description

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

 - The deepGetOrCreateNode function in impl/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java in
 org.apache.sling.servlets.post.bundle 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 in Apache Sling does not properly handle a NULL
 value that returned when the session does not have permissions to the root node, which allows remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2013-2254)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxwh-vmhg-39r2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414186

Version: Revision 1.4

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2254

BID: 62903

cwe: CWE-119