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SCA: security update for parlai (GHSA-mwgj-7x7j-6966)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417173

Description

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

 - Due to use of unsafe YAML deserialization logic, an attacker with the ability to modify local YAML
 configuration files could provide malicious input, resulting in remote code execution or similar risks.
 This issue affects ParlAI prior to v1.1.0. (CVE-2021-24040)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwgj-7x7j-6966

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 417173

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-24040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-24040

cwe: CWE-502