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Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.4.8-5

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 460962

Description

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

 - In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with
 sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2026-24883)

Solution

Update the gnupg2 library and its related packages to version 2.4.8-5 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-24883

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460962

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24883

IAVA: 2026-A-0085