SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-fpfv-jqm9-f5jm)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414609

Description

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

- An incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy before 1.22.0 allows attackers to
trigger slightly incorrect copying by constructing specific string objects. NOTE: the vendor states that
this reported code behavior is "completely harmless." (CVE-2021-34141)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpfv-jqm9-f5jm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414609

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34141

cwe: CWE-697