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SCA: security update for Pillow (GHSA-r854-96gq-rfg3)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423384

Description

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

 - The (1) JpegImagePlugin.py and (2) EpsImagePlugin.py scripts in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and
 earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 uses the names of temporary files on the command line, which makes it
 easier for local users to conduct symlink attacks by listing the processes. (CVE-2014-1933)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r854-96gq-rfg3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423384

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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1933

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1933

BID: 65513

cwe: CWE-200