Detections
Analytics
SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-767j-jfh2-jvrc)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422439
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99
introduced a regression. The result of the regression was that invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were
incorrectly processed leading to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located behind a
reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header in a particular manner. Such a
reverse proxy is considered unlikely. (CVE-2019-17569)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 422439
Version: Revision 1.6
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: 4.1
Percentile: 53.3
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17569
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 2/28/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-17569
cwe: CWE-444