Google: dev-lang/python: security update to 18244.521.74

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451715

Description

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

- When building nested elements using xml.dom.minidom methods such as appendChild() that have a dependency
on _clear_id_cache() the algorithm is quadratic. Availability can be impacted when building excessively
nested documents. (CVE-2025-12084)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/python library and its related packages to version 18244.521.74 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451715

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

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-2025-12084

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12084