SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434147

Description

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

- Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a
filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.
(CVE-2006-3835)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434147

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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-2006-3835

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 7/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3835

BID: 19106

cwe: CWE-200