SCA: security update for org.apache.solr:solr-core (GHSA-7px3-6f6g-hxcj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423484

Description

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

- This vulnerability in Apache Solr 6.0.0 to 6.6.4 and 7.0.0 to 7.3.1 relates to an XML external entity
expansion (XXE) in Solr config files (currency.xml, enumsConfig.xml referred from schema.xml, TIKA
parsecontext config file). In addition, Xinclude functionality provided in these config files is also
affected in a similar way. The vulnerability can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to
read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network. The manipulated files can be
uploaded as configsets using Solr's API, allowing to exploit that vulnerability. (CVE-2018-8026)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7px3-6f6g-hxcj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423484

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8026

BID: 104690

cwe: CWE-611