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SCA: security update for docutils (GHSA-cg75-6938-wx58)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423568

Description

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

 - python-docutils allows insecure usage of temporary files (CVE-2009-5042)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cg75-6938-wx58

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423568

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-5042

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5042

cwe: CWE-668