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SCA: security update for Pillow (GHSA-w4vg-rf63-f3j3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423178

Description

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

 - Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "crafted
 image file" approach, related to an "Insecure Sign Extension" issue affecting the ImagingNew in Storage.c
 component. (CVE-2016-9190)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4vg-rf63-f3j3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423178

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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-2016-9190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 7/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9190

BID: 94234

cwe: CWE-284