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SCA: security update for org.apache.nifi:nifi-framework-cluster-protocol (GHSA-xwx6-vmj4-5rv8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422400

Description

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

 - Any authenticated user (valid client certificate but without ACL permissions) could upload a template
 which contained malicious code and caused a denial of service via Java deserialization attack. The fix to
 properly handle Java deserialization was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.4.0 release. Users running a prior
 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release. (CVE-2017-15703)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwx6-vmj4-5rv8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422400

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 10/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15703

cwe: CWE-502