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SCA: security update for github.com/moby/sys/user (GHSA-mjcv-p78q-w5fw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473882

Description

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

 - The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-
 style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing
 `/etc/passwd`- or `/etc/group`-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file
 to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of-
 memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker-
 controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before parsing it.
 (CVE-2026-61801)

Solution

Update the github.com/moby/sys/user library and its related packages to version 0.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjcv-p78q-w5fw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 473882

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61801

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61801

cwe: CWE-400