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SCA: security update for setuptools (GHSA-r9hx-vwmv-q579)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418630

Description

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

 - Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
 service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of
 Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py. (CVE-2022-40897)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9hx-vwmv-q579

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418630

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 23.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40897