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Echo: hdf5: security update to 1.14.1-2

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 464378

Description

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

 - HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, a heap-use-after-free was found in the h5dump
 helper utility. An attacker who can supply a malicious h5 file can trigger a heap use-after-free. The
 freed object is referenced in a memmove call from H5T__conv_struct. The original object was allocated by
 H5D__typeinfo_init_phase3 and freed by H5D__typeinfo_term. (CVE-2026-34734)

Solution

Update the hdf5 library and its related packages to version 1.14.1-2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-34734

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 464378

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.03

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34734

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 4/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34734