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SCA: security update for pyspector (GHSA-2gmv-2r3v-jxj2)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438934
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- PySpector is a static analysis security testing (SAST) Framework engineered for modern Python development
workflows. PySpector versions 0.1.6 and prior are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
vulnerability in the HTML report generator. When PySpector scans a Python file containing JavaScript
payloads (i.e. inside a string passed to eval() ), the flagged code snippet is interpolated into the HTML
report without sanitization. Opening the generated report in a browser causes the embedded JavaScript to
execute in the browser's local file context. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.
(CVE-2026-33140)
Solution
Update the pyspector library and its related packages to version 0.1.7 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 438934
Version: Revision 1.8
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/18/2026
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-2026-33140
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
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Threat Score: 2.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-33140
cwe: CWE-79