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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420369

Description

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

 - The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS
 MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which
 represents a major XXE risk. (CVE-2016-8739)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420369

Version: Revision 1.3

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8739

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:H/I:N/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: 12/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8739

BID: 97579

cwe: CWE-611