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Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.5+repack-3+e13

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460823

Description

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

 - The H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_byte, H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_nooptype, and H5Z__nbit_decompress_one_atomic
 functions in H5Znbit.c in HDF5 prior to 2.3.0 advance a read index into the compressed chunk buffer
 without bounding it against the buffer's actual size. This allows attackers to cause an out-of-bounds heap
 read, and in constrained cases disclosure of adjacent heap memory into decompressed dataset values, via a
 crafted HDF5 file whose N-Bit filter parameters describe more decompressed data than the stored compressed
 chunk actually contains, triggered via H5Dread, e.g. by the h5ls or h5repack tools. (CVE-2026-19027)

Solution

Update the hdf5 library and its related packages to version 1.14.5+repack-3+e13 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-19027

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460823

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19027

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19027

IAVB: 2026-B-0279