Echo: golang.org/x/sys: security update to 0.44.0

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461092

Description

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

- NewNTUnicodeString does not check for string length overflow. When provided with a string that overflows
the maximum size of a NTUnicodeString (a 16-bit number of bytes), it returns a truncated string rather
than an error. (CVE-2026-39824)

Solution

Update the golang.org/x/sys library and its related packages to version 0.44.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-39824

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 461092

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39824