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Google: dev-lang/python: security update to 17800.436.42

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 452804

Description

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

 - A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when
 creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into
 virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-
 controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated.
 Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie
 "./venv/bin/python") are not affected. (CVE-2024-9287)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/python library and its related packages to version 17800.436.42 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-109.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452804

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9287