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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-m8h8-6rvg-f4mg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432567

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when a
 RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI,
 which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a ..
 (dot dot) in a request parameter. (CVE-2008-2370)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8h8-6rvg-f4mg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432567

Version: Revision 1.3

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-2008-2370

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: 8/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2370

BID: 30494

cwe: CWE-22