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SCA: security update for chainguard.dev/melange (GHSA-vqqr-rmpc-hhg2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437500

Description

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

 - melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. From version 0.3.0 to before
 0.40.3, an attacker who can provide build input values, but not modify pipeline definitions, could execute
 arbitrary shell commands if the pipeline uses ${{vars.*}} or ${{inputs.*}} substitutions in working-
 directory. The field is embedded into shell scripts without proper quote escaping. This issue has been
 patched in version 0.40.3. (CVE-2026-24844)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqqr-rmpc-hhg2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437500

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.33

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24844

cwe: CWE-78