Chainguard: metricbeat-fips-9.4: security update to 9.4.1-r4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478291

Description

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

- Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value (CWE-789) in the Prometheus remote_write HTTP handler in
Metricbeat can lead Denial of Service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). (CVE-2026-26931)

Solution

Update the metricbeat-fips-9.4 library and its related packages to version 9.4.1-r4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478291

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Chainguard Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26931

Detections

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