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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-hh3j-x4mc-g48r)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423495

Description

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

 - When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote
 Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able
 to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords
 used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface
 and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance. (CVE-2019-12418)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hh3j-x4mc-g48r

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423495

Version: Revision 1.13

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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: 12/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12418

cwe: CWE-522