SCA: security update for github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-router/v2 (GHSA-phqm-jgc3-qf8g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438895

Description

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

- Kube-router is a turnkey solution for Kubernetes networking. Prior to version 2.8.0, Kube-router's proxy
module does not validate externalIPs or loadBalancer IPs before programming them into the node's network
configuration. Version 2.8.0 contains a patch for the issue. Available workarounds include enabling
DenyServiceExternalIPs feature gate, deploying admission policy, restricting service creation RBAC,
monitoring service changes, and applying BGP prefix filtering. (CVE-2026-32254)

Solution

Update the github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-router/v2 library and its related packages to version 2.8.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phqm-jgc3-qf8g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438895

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32254

cwe: CWE-284