SCA: security update for Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core, semantic-kernel (GHSA-2ww3-72rp-wpp4)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437604

Description

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

- Semantic Kernel is an SDK used to build, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent systems. Prior
to 1.71.0, an Arbitrary File Write vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft's Semantic Kernel .NET
SDK, specifically within the SessionsPythonPlugin. The problem has been fixed in
Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core version 1.71.0. As a mitigation, users can create a Function Invocation
Filter which checks the arguments being passed to any calls to DownloadFileAsync or UploadFileAsync and
ensures the provided localFilePath is allow listed. (CVE-2026-25592)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ww3-72rp-wpp4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437604

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/6/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25592

cwe: CWE-22