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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-2gjw-fg97-vg3r)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437830

Description

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

 - go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to version
 1.16.9, a vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specially crafted message. The problem
 is resolved in the v1.16.9 and v1.17.0 releases of Geth. (CVE-2026-26314)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gjw-fg97-vg3r

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437830

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26314

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26314

cwe: CWE-20