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SCA: security update for python-docx (GHSA-34wj-p5jm-2p96)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409289

Description

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

 - python-docx before 0.8.6 allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks
 via a crafted document. (CVE-2016-5851)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34wj-p5jm-2p96

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409289

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5851

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5851

BID: 91485

cwe: CWE-611