SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-jp4c-xjxw-mgf9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441257

Description

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

- pip prior to version 26.1 would run self-update check functionality after installing wheel files which
required importing well-known Python modules names. These module imports were intentionally deferred to
increase startup time of the pip CLI. The patch changes self-update functionality to run before wheels are
installed to prevent newly-installed modules from being imported shortly after the installation of a wheel
package. Users should still review package contents prior to installation. (CVE-2026-6357)

Solution

Update the pip library and its related packages to version 26.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441257

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.63

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6357

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6357

cwe: CWE-829

Detections

Analytics