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SCA: security update for openbabel (GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 444224

Description

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

 - A vulnerability has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function
 ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. The manipulation
 leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit
 has been disclosed to the public and may be used. (CVE-2025-10998)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444224

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-10998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-10998