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SCA: security update for org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-api, org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-security (GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422226

Description

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

 - When using an authentication mechanism other than PKI, when the user clicks Log Out in NiFi versions 1.0.0
 to 1.9.2, NiFi invalidates the authentication token on the client side but not on the server side. This
 permits the user's client-side token to be used for up to 12 hours after logging out to make API requests
 to NiFi. (CVE-2019-12421)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422226

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12421

cwe: CWE-613