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Echo: pacote: security update to 12.0.2+ds1-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461736

Description

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

 - Versions of the package pacote from 11.2.7 and before 21.5.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via
 the addGitSha function. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a specially crafted
 spec.rawSpec value that triggers the function’s regex replacement and string-manipulation logic, causing
 excessive CPU consumption and potentially stalling or crashing the process. (CVE-2026-9496)

Solution

Update the pacote library and its related packages to version 12.0.2+ds1-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-9496

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461736

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: 3

Percentile: 23.61

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-2026-9496

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-9496