SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-jrcp-c39h-r29x)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416559

Description

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

- Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before
9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web
application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a
requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.
(CVE-2015-5346)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrcp-c39h-r29x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416559

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5346

BID: 83323

cwe: CWE-79