SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-qjwc-v72v-fq6r)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418188

Description

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

- A flaw was found in Undertow. A regression in the fix for CVE-2020-10687 was found. HTTP request smuggling
related to CVE-2017-2666 is possible against HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 due to permitting invalid characters in
an HTTP request. This flaw allows an attacker to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain
sensitive information from request other than their own. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to
data confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2021-20220)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qjwc-v72v-fq6r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418188

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20220

cwe: CWE-444