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SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410190

Description

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

 - pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the
 /tmp/pip-build temporary directory. (CVE-2013-1888)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410190

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1888

BID: 59613

cwe: CWE-59