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SCA: security update for lookatme (GHSA-c84h-w6cr-5v8q)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413762

Description

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

 - In lookatme (python/pypi package) versions prior to 2.3.0, the package automatically loaded the built-in
 "terminal" and "file_loader" extensions. Users that use lookatme to render untrusted markdown may have
 malicious shell commands automatically run on their system. This is fixed in version 2.3.0. As a
 workaround, the `lookatme/contrib/terminal.py` and `lookatme/contrib/file_loader.py` files may be manually
 deleted. Additionally, it is always recommended to be aware of what is being rendered with lookatme.
 (CVE-2020-15271)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c84h-w6cr-5v8q

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413762

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15271

cwe: CWE-78