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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (GHSA-vf77-8h7g-gghp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419283

Description

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

 - An h2c direct connection to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M5 to 9.0.36 and 8.5.1 to 8.5.56
 did not release the HTTP/1.1 processor after the upgrade to HTTP/2. If a sufficient number of such
 requests were made, an OutOfMemoryException could occur leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13934)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat:tomcat library and its related packages to version 10.0.0-M6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf77-8h7g-gghp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419283

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13934

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:N/I:N/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: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13934