SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-j39c-c8hj-x4j3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416087

Description

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

- When responding to new h2c connection requests, Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0, 9.0.0.M1 to
9.0.41 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.61 could duplicate request headers and a limited amount of request body from one
request to another meaning user A and user B could both see the results of user A's request.
(CVE-2021-25122)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j39c-c8hj-x4j3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416087

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 23.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25122

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:H/I:N/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: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25122

cwe: CWE-200