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SCA: security update for GeoNode (GHSA-r4hm-p9f9-fj9v)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 478638

Description

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

 - GeoNode is a geospatial content management system, a platform for the management and publication of
 geospatial data. Prior to 5.0.3, document abstract metadata is stored without sanitization, allowing a
 low-privileged remote user to persist arbitrary HTML and JavaScript that executes in another user's
 browser when the document page is visited. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.3. (CVE-2026-55649)

Solution

Update the GeoNode library and its related packages to version 5.0.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r4hm-p9f9-fj9v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478638

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/7/2026

Updated: 11/7/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55649

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55649

cwe: CWE-79