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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-jjpq-gp5q-8q6w)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423278

Description

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

 - The SSI printenv command in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 echoes
 user provided data without escaping and is, therefore, vulnerable to XSS. SSI is disabled by default. The
 printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website.
 (CVE-2019-0221)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core library and its related packages to version 7.0.94 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjpq-gp5q-8q6w

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423278

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.4

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-2019-0221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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: 5/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0221

BID: 108545

cwe: CWE-79