SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432330

Description

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

- Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before
6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read
arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and
(3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in
Apache. (CVE-2007-0450)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432330

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0450

BID: 22960

cwe: CWE-22