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Alpine: multiple py3-psutil packages: security update to 5.6.7-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 426510

Description

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

 - psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount
 mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object. (CVE-2019-18874)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-18874

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 426510

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18874