Security update for trivy
This security update for trivy addresses multiple vulnerabilities including a goroutine leak in containerd that can cause node-level denial of service, and several issues in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh that can lead to authorization bypasses, unauthorized client logins, connection deadlocks, and denial of service.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The update for trivy fixes four vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-53495 involves a goroutine leak in containerd's CRI ExecSync which can lead to node-level denial of service. CVE-2026-56854 concerns unenforced source-address restrictions in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh allowing authorization bypasses and unauthorized client logins. CVE-2026-56855 and CVE-2026-78662 both relate to golang.org/x/crypto/ssh unhandled or unvalidated channel messages and requests that can cause connection deadlocks and denial of service conditions.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service at the node or connection level and unauthorized access through bypassed authentication mechanisms. This could disrupt container operations and compromise SSH session integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update for trivy has been released that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the advisory.
Security update for trivy
Description
This security update for trivy addresses multiple vulnerabilities including a goroutine leak in containerd that can cause node-level denial of service, and several issues in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh that can lead to authorization bypasses, unauthorized client logins, connection deadlocks, and denial of service.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The update for trivy fixes four vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-53495 involves a goroutine leak in containerd's CRI ExecSync which can lead to node-level denial of service. CVE-2026-56854 concerns unenforced source-address restrictions in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh allowing authorization bypasses and unauthorized client logins. CVE-2026-56855 and CVE-2026-78662 both relate to golang.org/x/crypto/ssh unhandled or unvalidated channel messages and requests that can cause connection deadlocks and denial of service conditions.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service at the node or connection level and unauthorized access through bypassed authentication mechanisms. This could disrupt container operations and compromise SSH session integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update for trivy has been released that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21835-1
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-56854","CVE-2026-56855","CVE-2026-78662"]
Threat ID: 6aab495955bf5e2cf5990ac5
Added to database: 09/17/2026, 01:58:49 UTC
Last enriched: 09/17/2026, 02:47:30 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 02:47:30 UTC
Views: 2
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