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SCA: security update for org.apache.santuario:xmlsec (GHSA-r237-w2w6-jq3p)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418420

Description

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

 - jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x
 before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using
 the CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak "canonicalization algorithm to apply to
 the SignedInfo part of the Signature." (CVE-2013-2172)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r237-w2w6-jq3p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418420

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2172

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2172

BID: 60846

cwe: CWE-407