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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: python3-urllib3 (crlsa-2021_1631)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 358116

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_1631 advisory.

 * python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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-urllib3 package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_1631.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1631

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883632

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:1631

http://www.nessus.org/u?64fc4dc8

http://www.nessus.org/u?a995e268

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 358116

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1631.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26137