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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: platform-python-setuptools / python3-setuptools / etc (crlsa-2025_11036)

high Nessus Plugin ID 358474

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_11036 advisory.

 * setuptools: Path Traversal Vulnerability in setuptools PackageIndex (CVE-2025-47273)

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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2025_11036.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11036

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366982

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2025:11036

http://www.nessus.org/u?39940a2e

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f4800d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 358474

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2025_11036.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47273