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Echo: sentence-transformers: security update to 5.6.0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 471220

Description

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

 - sentence-transformers contains a security control bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to achieve
 arbitrary code execution by exploiting a logic flaw in the import_module_class helper within
 sentence_transformers/util/misc.py, where the guard condition includes an 'or
 os.path.exists(model_name_or_path)' clause that satisfies the trust gate whenever the supplied path exists
 on the local filesystem, regardless of the trust_remote_code=False argument. Attackers who can control or
 influence the contents of a model directory on disk can place malicious Python files such as modeling_*.py
 referenced via modules.json, causing the code to execute at import time when an application loads the
 model with SentenceTransformer(path, trust_remote_code=False), bypassing the documented security contract
 and achieving code execution within the loading process. (CVE-2026-68770)

Solution

Update the sentence-transformers library and its related packages to version 5.6.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-68770

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 471220

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.14

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-2026-68770

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: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-68770