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Echo: python3.10: security update to 3.9

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465741

Description

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

 - There is a defect in the CPython standard library module “mimetypes” where on Windows the default list of
 known file locations are writable meaning other users can create invalid files to cause MemoryError to be
 raised on Python runtime startup or have file extensions be interpreted as the incorrect file type. This
 defect is caused by the default locations of Linux and macOS platforms (such as “/etc/mime.types”) also
 being used on Windows, where they are user-writable locations (“C:\etc\mime.types”). To work-around this
 issue a user can call mimetypes.init() with an empty list (“[]”) on Windows platforms to avoid using the
 default list of known file locations. (CVE-2024-3220)

Solution

Update the python3.10 library and its related packages to version 3.9 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-3220

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 465741

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 0.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3220