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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf, org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-42f2-f9vc-6365)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422469

Description

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

 - Apache CXF ships with a OpenId Connect JWK Keys service, which allows a client to obtain the public keys
 in JWK format, which can then be used to verify the signature of tokens issued by the service. Typically,
 the service obtains the public key from a local keystore (JKS/PKCS12) by specifing the path of the
 keystore and the alias of the keystore entry. This case is not vulnerable. However it is also possible to
 obtain the keys from a JWK keystore file, by setting the configuration parameter
 "rs.security.keystore.type" to "jwk". For this case all keys are returned in this file "as is", including
 all private key and secret key credentials. This is an obvious security risk if the user has configured
 the signature keystore file with private or secret key credentials. From CXF 3.3.5 and 3.2.12, it is
 mandatory to specify an alias corresponding to the id of the key in the JWK file, and only this key is
 returned. In addition, any private key information is omitted by default. "oct" keys, which contain secret
 keys, are not returned at all. (CVE-2019-12423)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-42f2-f9vc-6365

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422469

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12423

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 5/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12423

cwe: CWE-522