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SCA: security update for openbabel (GHSA-mjmg-352j-f456)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444205

Description

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

 - Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in
 multiple supported formats of Open Babel 3.1.1 and master commit 530dbfa3. A specially-crafted malformed
 file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this
 vulnerability.This vulnerability affects the MOPAC Cartesian file format (CVE-2022-46294)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjmg-352j-f456

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 444205

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.96

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46294

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46294