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Echo: github.com/jackc/pgx/v5: security update to 5.9.2

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 460822

Description

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

 - pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the
 non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string
 literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and
 the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version
 5.9.2. (CVE-2026-41889)

Solution

Update the github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 library and its related packages to version 5.9.2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-41889

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 460822

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41889

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 0.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41889