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SCA: security update for golang.org/x/net (GHSA-vfw5-hrgq-h5wf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419310

Description

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

 - The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles
 <table><math><select><mi><select></table>, leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because
 inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not comply with a specification. (CVE-2018-17846)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfw5-hrgq-h5wf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419310

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17846

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: 9/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17846

cwe: CWE-835