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SCA: security update for org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423222

Description

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

 - The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak
 permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows
 local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges. (CVE-2017-15288)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423222

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 10/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15288

cwe: CWE-732