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SCA: security update for chromadb (GHSA-f4j7-r4q5-qw2c)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 473047

Description

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

 - A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python
 project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious
 model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the
 /api/v2/tenants/{tenant}/databases/{db}/collections endpoint. (CVE-2026-45829)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f4j7-r4q5-qw2c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 473047

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.03

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45829