SCA: security update for mlx (GHSA-j842-xgm4-wf88)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436145

Description

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

- MLX is an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon. Prior to version 0.29.4, there is a
segmentation fault in mlx::core::load_gguf() when loading malicious GGUF files. Untrusted pointer from
external gguflib library is dereferenced without validation, causing application crash. This issue has
been patched in version 0.29.4. (CVE-2025-62609)

Solution

Update the mlx library and its related packages to version 0.29.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436145

Version: Revision 1.16

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62609

cwe: CWE-476

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