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SCA: security update for pywps (GHSA-p9wf-3xpg-c9g5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417437

Description

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

 - An XML external entity (XXE) injection in PyWPS before 4.4.5 allows an attacker to view files on the
 application server filesystem by assigning a path to the entity. OWSLib 0.24.1 may also be affected.
 (CVE-2021-39371)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9wf-3xpg-c9g5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417437

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39371

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39371