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SCA: security update for lxml-html-clean (GHSA-xvp8-3mhv-424c)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438181
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- lxml_html_clean is a project for HTML cleaning functionalities copied from `lxml.html.clean`. Prior to
version 0.4.4, the <base> tag passes through the default Cleaner configuration. While page_structure=True
removes html, head, and title tags, there is no specific handling for <base>, allowing an attacker to
inject it and hijack relative links on the page. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.4.
(CVE-2026-28350)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 438181
Version: Revision 1.5
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/4/2026
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.3
Percentile: 9.42
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28350
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-28350
cwe: CWE-116