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Echo: python-3.12: security update to 3.12.11+e0python-3.13: security update to 3.13.4-e0python3.11: security update to 3.11.2-6+deb12u6-e2

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457922

Description

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

 - There is an issue in CPython when using `bytes.decode("unicode_escape", error="ignore|replace")`. If you
 are not using the "unicode_escape" encoding or an error handler your usage is not affected. To work-around
 this issue you may stop using the error= handler and instead wrap the bytes.decode() call in a try-except
 catching the DecodeError. (CVE-2025-4516)

Solution

Update the python3.11 library and its related packages to version 3.11.2-6+deb12u6-e2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-4516

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457922

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4516

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4516