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SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432236

Description

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

 - pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation)
 by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user. (CVE-2014-8991)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432236

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8991

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8991

BID: 71209