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SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-2fc2-6r4j-p65h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408881

Description

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

 - (1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4)
 lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink
 attack on a temporary file. (CVE-2014-1859)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fc2-6r4j-p65h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408881

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1859

BID: 65440

cwe: CWE-59