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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-46j3-r4pj-4835)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423480

Description

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

 - The host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. It is now enabled by
 default. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, and
 7.0.35 to 7.0.88. (CVE-2018-8034)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-46j3-r4pj-4835

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423480

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: High

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-2018-8034

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: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8034

BID: 104895

cwe: CWE-295