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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Parsl vulnerability (USN-8505-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 325423

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8505-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Parsl incorrectly constructed SQL queries using unsafe string formatting with user- supplied input in the parsl-visualize component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks, leading to data exfiltration or a denial of service.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected python3-parsl package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8505-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 325423

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8505-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2026

Updated: 7/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21892

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-parsl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21892

USN: 8505-1