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SCA: security update for org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core (GHSA-vc5p-v9hr-52mj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436455

Description

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

 - The Socket Appender in Apache Log4j Core versions 2.0-beta9 through 2.25.2 does not perform TLS hostname
 verification of the peer certificate, even when the verifyHostName
 https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders/network.html#SslConfiguration-attr-verifyHostName
 configuration attribute or the log4j2.sslVerifyHostName
 https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/systemproperties.html#log4j2.sslVerifyHostName system property
 is set to true. This issue may allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to intercept or redirect log traffic
 under the following conditions: * The attacker is able to intercept or redirect network traffic between
 the client and the log receiver. * The attacker can present a server certificate issued by a certification
 authority trusted by the Socket Appender’s configured trust store (or by the default Java trust store if
 no custom trust store is configured). Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Log4j Core version 2.25.3,
 which addresses this issue. As an alternative mitigation, the Socket Appender may be configured to use a
 private or restricted trust root to limit the set of trusted certificates. (CVE-2025-68161)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc5p-v9hr-52mj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436455

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.85

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68161

cwe: CWE-297