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SCA: security update for org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core (GHSA-fxph-q3j8-mv87)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422680

Description

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

 - In Apache Log4j 2.x before 2.8.2, when using the TCP socket server or UDP socket server to receive
 serialized log events from another application, a specially crafted binary payload can be sent that, when
 deserialized, can execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5645)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxph-q3j8-mv87

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422680

Version: Revision 1.2

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 1/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5645

BID: 97702

cwe: CWE-502