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SCA: security update for openbabel (GHSA-4w5w-4fhm-q483)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444137

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function
 OBAtom::SetFormalCharge in the library include/openbabel/atom.h of the component MOL2 File Handler. The
 manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is
 now public and may be used. The patch is identified as e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. A patch
 should be applied to remediate this issue. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue
 report but has not responded yet. (CVE-2026-2705)

Solution

Update the openbabel library and its related packages to version 3.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w5w-4fhm-q483

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444137

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/30/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

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-2026-2705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2705