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Echo: xerces-c-2.6.0: security update to 2.6.0+e1

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476427

Description

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

 - Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier
 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.
 (CVE-2016-2099)

Solution

Update the xerces-c-2.6.0 library and its related packages to version 2.6.0+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2016-2099

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 476427

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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-2016-2099

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2099