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SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-mcfm-h73v-635m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422330

Description

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

 - It was discovered in Undertow that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid
 characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid
 characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the
 HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive
 information from requests other than their own. (CVE-2017-2666)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcfm-h73v-635m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422330

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2666

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 10/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2666

BID: 98966

cwe: CWE-444