SCA: security update for org.apache.nifi:nifi-dbcp-base, org.apache.nifi:nifi-dbcp-service-nar, org.apache.nifi:nifi-hikari-dbcp-service (GHSA-xm2m-2q6h-22jw)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420561

Description

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

- The DBCPConnectionPool and HikariCPConnectionPool Controller Services in Apache NiFi 0.0.2 through 1.21.0
allow an authenticated and authorized user to configure a Database URL with the H2 driver that enables
custom code execution. The resolution validates the Database URL and rejects H2 JDBC locations. You are
recommended to upgrade to version 1.22.0 or later which fixes this issue. (CVE-2023-34468)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xm2m-2q6h-22jw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420561

Version: Revision 1.11

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: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34468

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apache NiFi H2 Connection String Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34468

cwe: CWE-94