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SCA: security update for mlx (GHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436147

Description

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

 - MLX is an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon. Prior to version 0.29.4, there is a heap
 buffer overflow in mlx::core::load() when parsing malicious NumPy .npy files. Attacker-controlled file
 causes 13-byte out-of-bounds read, leading to crash or information disclosure. This issue has been patched
 in version 0.29.4. (CVE-2025-62608)

Solution

Update the mlx library and its related packages to version 0.29.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6vg-jg77-2qg6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436147

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.57

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62608

cwe: CWE-122