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Echo: pgvector: security update to 0.8.2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464945

Description

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

 - Buffer overflow in parallel HNSW index build in pgvector 0.6.0 through 0.8.1 allows a database user to
 leak sensitive data from other relations or crash the database server. (CVE-2026-3172)

Solution

Update the pgvector library and its related packages to version 0.8.2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-3172

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 464945

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.66

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3172

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3172