Google: sys-libs/glibc: security update to 18244.521.98

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451196

Description

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

- Calling getnetbyaddr or getnetbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS
backend for networks and queries for a zero-valued network in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version
2.42 can leak stack contents to the configured DNS resolver. (CVE-2026-0915)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/glibc library and its related packages to version 18244.521.98 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451196

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.05

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0915

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0915

Detections

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