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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-5q99-f34m-67gc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422477

Description

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

 - When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.33 and 7.0.23 to
 7.0.90 returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a
 specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers
 choice. (CVE-2018-11784)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5q99-f34m-67gc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422477

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11784

BID: 105524

cwe: CWE-601