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Echo: protobufjs: security update to 7.5.6

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461261

Description

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

 - protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2,
 protobufjs allowed certain schema option paths to traverse through inherited object properties while
 applying options. A crafted protobuf schema or JSON descriptor could cause option handling to write to
 properties on global JavaScript constructors, corrupting process-wide built-in functionality. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2. (CVE-2026-44290)

Solution

Update the protobufjs library and its related packages to version 7.5.6 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-44290

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461261

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.77

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-2026-44290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44290