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SCA: security update for openbabel (GHSA-6xw4-2g22-26h8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 444138

Description

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

 - A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function
 OpenBabel::transform3d::DescribeAsString of the file src/math/transform3d.cpp of the component CIF File
 Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The
 exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.2.0 is sufficient to fix this
 issue. The identifier of the patch is e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. It is suggested to install
 a patch to address this issue. (CVE-2026-2704)

Solution

Update the openbabel library and its related packages to version 3.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xw4-2g22-26h8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444138

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/30/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2704