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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437855

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
 1.17.0, an attacker can cause high memory usage by sending a specially-crafted p2p message. The issue is
 resolved in the v1.17.0 release. (CVE-2026-26313)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-689v-6xwf-5jf3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437855

Version: Revision 1.10

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:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26313

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: 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:N/VI:N/VA:L/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-2026-26313

cwe: CWE-770