Google: dev-lang/python: security update to 17162.210.54

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452079

Description

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

- There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP
server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of
Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the
server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.
(CVE-2021-3733)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/python library and its related packages to version 17162.210.54 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452079

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3733

Detections

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