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SCA: security update for exifreader (GHSA-h64w-w9pr-82m4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442507

Description

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

 - This affects versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0. A crafted image containing an ICC mluc tag
 can set an attacker-controlled record count together with a zero record size. During parsing, ExifReader
 repeatedly processes the same record and appends entries to an array without sufficient bounds validation,
 causing excessive memory growth. In applications that parse attacker-supplied images, this may lead to
 denial of service through memory exhaustion. (CVE-2026-8813)

Solution

Update the exifreader library and its related packages to version 4.39.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h64w-w9pr-82m4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442507

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/30/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8813