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Google: dev-lang/python: security update to 17162.210.48

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 452032

Description

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

 - urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote
 attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a
 urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call. (CVE-2019-9948)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/python library and its related packages to version 17162.210.48 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 452032

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9948

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9948