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SCA: security update for com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java, com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin, google-protobuf (GHSA-wrvw-hg22-4m67)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420110

Description

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

 - An issue in protobuf-java allowed the interleaving of com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet fields in such a
 way that would be processed out of order. A small malicious payload can occupy the parser for several
 minutes by creating large numbers of short-lived objects that cause frequent, repeated pauses. We
 recommend upgrading libraries beyond the vulnerable versions. (CVE-2021-22569)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrvw-hg22-4m67

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420110

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 94.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22569

cwe: CWE-696