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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-m6j8-rg6r-7mv8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437846

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, through a flaw in the ECIES cryptography implementation, an attacker may be able to extract bits
 of the p2p node key. The issue is resolved in the v1.16.9 and v1.17.0 releases of Geth. Geth maintainers
 recommend rotating the node key after applying the upgrade, which can be done by removing the file
 `<datadir>/geth/nodekey` before starting Geth. (CVE-2026-26315)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6j8-rg6r-7mv8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437846

Version: Revision 1.15

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26315

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:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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-2026-26315

cwe: CWE-203