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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422116

Description

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

 - When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to
 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way
 the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option
 enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all
 versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus
 Wulftange's blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-
 windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.m
 icrosoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-
 way/). (CVE-2019-0232)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422116

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 4/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2019

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0232

BID: 107906

cwe: CWE-78