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Alpine: multiple py3-urllib3 packages: security update to 1.26.17-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424431

Description

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

 - urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. urllib3 doesn't treat the `Cookie` HTTP header
 special or provide any helpers for managing cookies over HTTP, that is the responsibility of the user.
 However, it is possible for a user to specify a `Cookie` header and unknowingly leak information via HTTP
 redirects to a different origin if that user doesn't disable redirects explicitly. This issue has been
 patched in urllib3 version 1.26.17 or 2.0.5. (CVE-2023-43804)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-43804

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424431

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: High

Base Score: 7.4

Threat Score: 4.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43804