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SCA: security update for org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.engine (GHSA-mg46-f9h5-g27x)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416939

Description

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

 - The SlingRequestDispatcher doesn't correctly implement the RequestDispatcher API resulting in a generic
 type of include-based cross-site scripting issues on the Apache Sling level. The vulnerability is
 exploitable by an attacker that is able to include a resource with specific content-type and control the
 include path (i.e. writing content). The impact of a successful attack is privilege escalation to
 administrative power. Please update to Apache Sling Engine >= 2.14.0 and enable the "Check Content-Type
 overrides" configuration option. (CVE-2022-45064)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mg46-f9h5-g27x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416939

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45064

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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: 4/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45064

cwe: CWE-79