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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434994

Description

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

 - virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink
 attack on a certain file in /tmp/. (CVE-2011-4617)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434994

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4617

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4617

BID: 51120

cwe: CWE-59