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SCA: security update for org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 (GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442248

Description

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

 - Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons. When processing an untrusted configuration file,
 Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects
 Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes
 the issue. (CVE-2026-45205)

Solution

Update the org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 library and its related packages to version 2.15.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442248

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45205

cwe: CWE-674