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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-j77q-2qqg-6989)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422814

Description

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

 - The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has
 incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote
 attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length
 HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.
 (CVE-2017-5638)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j77q-2qqg-6989

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422814

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5638

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Struts Jakarta Multipart Parser OGNL Injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5638

BID: 96729