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SCA: security update for github.com/ory/keto (GHSA-c38g-mx2c-9wf2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439069

Description

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

 - Ory Keto is am open source authorization server for managing permissions at scale. Prior to version
 26.2.0, the GetRelationships API in Ory Keto is vulnerable to SQL injection due to flaws in its pagination
 implementation. Pagination tokens are encrypted using the secret configured in `secrets.pagination`. An
 attacker who knows this secret can craft their own tokens, including malicious tokens that lead to SQL
 injection. If this configuration value is not set, Keto falls back to a hard-coded default pagination
 encryption secret. Because this default value is publicly known, attackers can generate valid and
 malicious pagination tokens manually for installations where this secret is not set. This issue can be
 exploited when GetRelationships API is directly or indirectly accessible to the attacker, the attacker can
 pass a raw pagination token to the affected API, and the configuration value `secrets.pagination` is not
 set or known to the attacker. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL queries through forged pagination
 tokens. As a first line of defense, immediately configure a custom value for `secrets.pagination` by
 generating a cryptographically secure random secret. Next, upgrade Keto to a fixed version, 26.2.0 or
 later, as soon as possible. (CVE-2026-33505)

Solution

Update the github.com/ory/keto library and its related packages to version 0.14.1-0.20260320140104-e4393662cd2e or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c38g-mx2c-9wf2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439069

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/21/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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: 3/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33505

cwe: CWE-89