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Google: dev-python/pygments: security update to 17523.0.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454569

Description

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

 - An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when
 performing syntax highlighting of a Standard ML (SML) source file, as demonstrated by input that only
 contains the "exception" keyword. (CVE-2021-20270)

Solution

Update the dev-python/pygments library and its related packages to version 17523.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-109.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 454569

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20270

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20270