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SCA: security update for net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit (GHSA-5mh9-r3rr-9597)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422246

Description

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

 - HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine
 improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover,
 when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an
 improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.
 (CVE-2020-5529)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mh9-r3rr-9597

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422246

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5529