SCA: security update for org.http4s:http4s-server_2.12 (GHSA-66q9-f7ff-mmx6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423365

Description

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

- http4s before versions 0.18.26, 0.20.20, and 0.21.2 has a local file inclusion vulnerability. This
vulnerability applies to all users of org.http4s.server.staticcontent.FileService,
org.http4s.server.staticcontent.ResourceService and org.http4s.server.staticcontent.WebjarService. URI
normalization is applied incorrectly. Requests whose path info contain ../ or // can expose resources
outside of the configured location. This issue is patched in versions 0.18.26, 0.20.20, and 0.21.2. Note
that 0.19.0 is a deprecated release and has never been supported. (CVE-2020-5280)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66q9-f7ff-mmx6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423365

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5280

cwe: CWE-23