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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : pip vulnerabilities (USN-8010-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298151

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8010-1 advisory.

 Several security issues were discovered in the libraries bundled in pip. An attacker could possibly use these issues to perform a variety of attacks, such as denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-pip, python-pip-whl and / or python3-pip packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8010-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298151

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8010-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2026

Updated: 2/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21441

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip-whl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47273, CVE-2025-66418, CVE-2026-21441

USN: 8010-1