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SCA: security update for org.exist-db:exist-core (GHSA-jxm5-5xcw-h57q)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423400

Description

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

 - exist version <= 5.0.0-RC4 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser for REST
 Server that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning.
 (CVE-2018-1000823)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxm5-5xcw-h57q

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423400

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: 5

Percentile: 95.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000823

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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: 12/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000823

cwe: CWE-611