Alpine: multiple py3-urllib3 packages: security update to 1.25.9-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424427

Description

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

- urllib3 before 1.25.9 allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method, as
demonstrated by inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of putrequest(). NOTE: this
is similar to CVE-2020-26116. (CVE-2020-26137)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-26137

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424427

Version: Revision 1.8

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.67

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-2020-26137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26137