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SCA: security update for github.com/elastic/beats/v7 (GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439043

Description

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

 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in
 Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). (CVE-2026-26931)

Solution

Update the github.com/elastic/beats/v7 library and its related packages to version 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20260112100137-de072c4e371e or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5vrw-qjxw-89r5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439043

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 3/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26931

cwe: CWE-789