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SCA: security update for openpyxl (GHSA-chqf-hx79-gxc6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413925

Description

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

 - Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks
 via a crafted .xlsx document. (CVE-2017-5992)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-chqf-hx79-gxc6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413925

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: 4.8

Percentile: 56.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5992

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Threat Score: 2.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5992

BID: 96304

cwe: CWE-611