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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-40896
medium Nessus Plugin ID 224941
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- A ReDoS issue was discovered in pygments/lexers/smithy.py in pygments through 2.15.0 via SmithyLexer.
(CVE-2022-40896)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-40896
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 224941
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_40896.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 9/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40896
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-pygments, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pygments, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.11-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pygments, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pygments, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-gcp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.11-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-paf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-paf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pygments, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.11-pip, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pygments, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-gcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pygments, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resource-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-aliyun, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.11-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pygments
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-40896