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Alpine: python3: security update to 3.14.7-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445930

Description

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

 - `xml.parsers.expat` and `xml.etree.ElementTree` use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding
 protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\r\n\r\nFully mitigating this
 vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch. (CVE-2026-7210)

Solution

Update the python3 library and its related packages to version 3.14.7-r0 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-7210

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445930

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7210

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7210