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Echo: cfitsio: security update to 4.6.2-2+e1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477721

Description

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

 - CFITSIO through 4.7.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ffgcls2() in getcols.c that trusts
 attacker-controlled heap descriptor lengths for variable-length string columns. Attackers can supply a
 crafted FITS file that overflows a fixed 28,800-byte stack buffer and the caller's string array, enabling
 arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-115504)

Solution

Update the cfitsio library and its related packages to version 4.6.2-2+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-115504

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 477721

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-115504

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-115504