SCA: security update for Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim, System.Net.Http, System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler, System.Net.Security, System.Net.WebSockets.Client, System.Text.Encodings.Web (GHSA-j8f4-2w4p-mhjc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422468

Description

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

- A spoofing vulnerability exists when the ASP.NET Core fails to properly sanitize web requests.
(CVE-2017-0256)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8f4-2w4p-mhjc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422468

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0256

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0256

BID: 98290

cwe: CWE-20