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Echo: org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java: security update to 1.1.10.4

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462925

Description

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

 - snappy-java is a Java port of the snappy, a fast C++ compresser/decompresser developed by Google. The
 SnappyInputStream was found to be vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when decompressing data
 with a too large chunk size. Due to missing upper bound check on chunk length, an unrecoverable fatal
 error can occur. All versions of snappy-java including the latest released version 1.1.10.3 are vulnerable
 to this issue. A fix has been introduced in commit `9f8c3cf74` which will be included in the 1.1.10.4
 release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should only accept compressed data from
 trusted sources. (CVE-2023-43642)

Solution

Update the org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java library and its related packages to version 1.1.10.4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-43642

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462925

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43642

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43642