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Alpine: multiple py3-babel packages: security update to 2.9.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424373

Description

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

 - Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing
 serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution. (CVE-2021-42771)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-42771

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424373

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42771

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42771