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SCA: security update for python-multipart (GHSA-mj87-hwqh-73pj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440444

Description

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

 - Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Versions prior to 0.0.26 have a denial of
 service vulnerability when parsing crafted `multipart/form-data` requests with large preamble or epilogue
 sections. Upgrade to version 0.0.26 or later, which skips ahead to the next boundary candidate when
 processing leading CR/LF data and immediately discards epilogue data after the closing boundary.
 (CVE-2026-40347)

Solution

Update the python-multipart library and its related packages to version 0.0.26 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj87-hwqh-73pj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440444

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/16/2026

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40347