Echo: graphviz: security update to 2.42.4-3+e1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457673

Description

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

- The agroot() function in cgraph\obj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a NULL pointer
dereference, as demonstrated by graphml2gv. (CVE-2019-11023)

Solution

Update the graphviz library and its related packages to version 2.42.4-3+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2019-11023

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457673

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11023