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Alpine: multiple pyc packages, multiple python3 packages: security update to 3.9.4-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424436

Description

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

 - There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince
 another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose
 sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The
 highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9,
 Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7. (CVE-2021-3426)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3426

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424436

Version: Revision 1.12

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3426

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3426

IAVA: 2021-A-0263-S