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SCA: security update for simpleeval (GHSA-44vg-5wv2-h2hg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438805

Description

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

 - SimpleEval is a library for adding evaluatable expressions into python projects. Prior to 1.0.5, objects
 (including modules) can leak dangerous modules through to direct access inside the sandbox. If the objects
 you've passed in as names to SimpleEval have modules or other disallowed / dangerous objects available as
 attrs. Additionally, dangerous functions or modules could be accessed by passing them as callbacks to
 other safe functions to call. The latest version 1.0.5 has this issue fixed. This vulnerability is fixed
 in 1.0.5. (CVE-2026-32640)

Solution

Update the simpleeval library and its related packages to version 1.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44vg-5wv2-h2hg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438805

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/14/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.03

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32640

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32640