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SCA: security update for org.apache.nutch:nutch (GHSA-fxhp-wrw9-3r97)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414764

Description

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

 - An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known
 to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security
 vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often
 allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end
 or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.
 (CVE-2021-23901)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxhp-wrw9-3r97

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414764

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: 4.3

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-2021-23901

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: 3/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23901

cwe: CWE-611