RestrictedPython is a restricted execution environment for Python to run untrusted code. A user can gain access to protected (and potentially sensible) information indirectly via AttributeError.obj and the string module. The problem will be fixed in version 7.3. As a workaround, If the application does not require access to the module string, it can remove it from RestrictedPython.Utilities.utility_builtins or otherwise do not make it available in the restricted execution environment.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7355-1 advisory.

    Nakul Choudhary and Robert Xiao discovered that RestrictedPython did not properly sanitize certain inputs.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04     LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-37271)

    Abhishek Govindarasu, Ankush Menat and Ward Theunisse discovered that RestrictedPython did not correctly     handle certain format strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-41039)

    It was discovered that RestrictedPython did not correctly restrict access to certain fields. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-47532)

    It was discovered that RestrictedPython contained a type confusion vulnerability. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu     24.10. (CVE-2025-22153)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - RestrictedPython is a restricted execution environment for Python to run untrusted code. A user can gain     access to protected (and potentially sensible) information indirectly via AttributeError.obj and the     string module. The problem will be fixed in version 7.3. As a workaround, If the application does not     require access to the module string, it can remove it from RestrictedPython.Utilities.utility_builtins or     otherwise do not make it available in the restricted execution environment. (CVE-2024-47532)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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

  - RestrictedPython is a restricted execution environment for Python to run untrusted code. A user can gain
    access to protected (and potentially sensible) information indirectly via AttributeError.obj and the
    string module. The problem will be fixed in version 7.3. As a workaround, If the application does not
    require access to the module string, it can remove it from RestrictedPython.Utilities.utility_builtins or
    otherwise do not make it available in the restricted execution environment. (CVE-2024-47532)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
232986	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : RestrictedPython vulnerabilities (USN-7355-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
228907	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-47532	Nessus	Misc.	medium
411008	SCA: security update for RestrictedPython (GHSA-5rfv-66g4-jr8h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
411008	SCA: security update for RestrictedPython (GHSA-5rfv-66g4-jr8h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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