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SCA: security update for org.neo4j:neo4j-enterprise (GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423363

Description

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

 - Due to incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server 3.4.x before 3.4.9, the setting of
 LDAP for authentication with STARTTLS, and System Account for authorization, allows an attacker to log
 into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password. (CVE-2018-18389)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423363

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18389

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18389

cwe: CWE-287