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SCA: security update for com.itextpdf:itext7-core, com.itextpdf:itextpdf (GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415303

Description

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

 - iTextPDF in iText 7 and up to (excluding 4.4.13.3) 7.1.17 allows command injection via a CompareTool
 filename that is mishandled on the gs (aka Ghostscript) command line in GhostscriptHelper.java.
 (CVE-2021-43113)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gv87-q66h-4277

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415303

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.79

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43113

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43113

cwe: CWE-77