This image is acceptable for production, but remediating the identified vulnerabilities is recommended to reduce the attack surface. The image has 20 exposed vulnerabilities, 3 of medium severity (CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2026-25679) that could allow denial of service via memory exhaustion or malformed URLs, as Node Exporter serves an HTTP API. CVE-2025-68121 (TLS bypass) requires non-default TLS config mutation and is not applicable in standard setups. All post-exploit vulnerabilities are low severity. Mitigation includes applying patches or restricting HTTP input size and blocking malformed URLs at a reverse proxy.
| CVE ID | Adjusted Severity | Package | Exploit Probability | Risk Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-68121 | MEDIUM6.8 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.13, 1.25.7, 1.26.0-rc.3 | 0.8% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2025-61726 | MEDIUM6.38 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.12, 1.25.6 | 0.8% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: HIGH |
| CVE-2026-25679 | MEDIUM6.38 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.8, 1.26.1 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: HIGH |
| CVE-2026-32282 | MEDIUM5.44 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Directly Exposed |
| CVE-2025-61729 | MEDIUM5.1 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.11, 1.25.5 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-32280 | MEDIUM5.1 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-32283 | MEDIUM5.1 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-33811 | MEDIUM5.1 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-33814 | MEDIUM5.1 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.6% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-32288 | MEDIUM4.67 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Directly Exposed |
| CVE-2025-61727 | MEDIUM4.42 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.11, 1.25.5 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2026-32281 | LOW3.83 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Directly Exposed |
| CVE-2025-61730 | LOW3.6 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.12, 1.25.6 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Directly ExposedContext importance: MEDIUM |
| CVE-2025-52881 | LOW2.29 | github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.12.0 fixed in 1.13.0 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-39820 | LOW2.29 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-39836 | LOW2.29 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.6% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2025-61728 | LOW2.29 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.24.12, 1.25.6 | 0.6% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-27139 | LOW2.12 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.8, 1.26.1 | 0.2% Theoretical Threat | Directly Exposed |
| CVE-2026-32289 | LOW1.87 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.9, 1.26.2 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-27142 | LOW1.65 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.8, 1.26.1 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-39826 | LOW1.65 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2025-47914 | LOW1.62 | golang.org/x/crypto v0.42.0 fixed in 0.45.0 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2025-58181 | LOW1.62 | golang.org/x/crypto v0.42.0 fixed in 0.45.0 | 0.5% Theoretical Threat | Post-Exploit |
| CVE-2026-39823 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |
| CVE-2026-39825 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |
| CVE-2026-42499 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.10, 1.26.3 | 0.6% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |
| CVE-2026-42504 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.11, 1.26.4 | 0.4% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |
| CVE-2026-27145 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.11, 1.26.4 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |
| CVE-2026-42507 | NONE0 | stdlib v1.25.3 fixed in 1.25.11, 1.26.4 | 0.3% Theoretical Threat | Not Applicable |