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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/net (GHSA-5cv4-jp36-h3mw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444235

Description

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

 - Parsing arbitrary HTML can consume excessive CPU time, possibly leading to denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-25680)

Solution

Update the golang.org/x/net library and its related packages to version 0.55.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cv4-jp36-h3mw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444235

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2026-25680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25680

cwe: CWE-400