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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-rqc4-2hc7-8c8v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421299

Description

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

 - virtualenv before 20.26.6 allows command injection through the activation scripts for a virtual
 environment. Magic template strings are not quoted correctly when replacing. NOTE: this is not the same as
 CVE-2024-9287. (CVE-2024-53899)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rqc4-2hc7-8c8v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421299

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 11/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53899