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SCA: security update for copier (GHSA-xjhm-gp88-8pfx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436885

Description

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

 - Copier is a library and CLI app for rendering project templates. Prior to version 9.11.2, Copier suggests
 that it's safe to generate a project from a safe template, i.e. one that doesn't use unsafe features like
 custom Jinja extensions which would require passing the `--UNSAFE,--trust` flag. As it turns out, a safe
 template can currently include arbitrary files/directories outside the local template clone location by
 using symlinks along with `_preserve_symlinks: false` (which is Copier's default setting). Version 9.11.2
 patches the issue. (CVE-2026-23968)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjhm-gp88-8pfx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436885

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 5.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23968

cwe: CWE-61