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Amazon Linux 2023 : python3-bson, python3-pymongo, python3-pymongo-gridfs (ALAS2023-2026-3155)

🗓️ 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Integer overflow in pymongo BSON native extension enables RCE or DoS for unprivileged users.

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24 Sep 202618:18
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2026-3155.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(365255);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-96749");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : python3-bson, python3-pymongo, python3-pymongo-gridfs (ALAS2023-2026-3155)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-3155 advisory.

    A flaw was found in pymongo. An integer overflow exists in the bundled native extension for Binary JSON
    (BSON) document encoding when processing an unusually large amount of data. An unprivileged attacker who
    can submit oversized data to an application for encoding can trigger an arithmetic overflow, resulting in
    a write outside the boundaries of an allocated memory buffer. This issue can lead to arbitrary code
    execution within the application process or a denial of service (DoS) via an application crash.
    (CVE-2026-96749)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-3155.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-96749.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update python-pymongo --releasever 2023.12.20261012' or
  or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-3155 --releasever 2023.12.20261012' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-96749");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pymongo-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pymongo-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pymongo-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-bson");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-bson-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-pymongo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-pymongo-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-pymongo-gridfs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm2.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'python-pymongo-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-pymongo-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-pymongo-debugsource-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-pymongo-debugsource-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-pymongo-doc-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-bson-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-bson-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-bson-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-bson-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-debuginfo-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-gridfs-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-pymongo-gridfs-3.10.1-5.amzn2023.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python-pymongo-debuginfo / python-pymongo-debugsource / python-pymongo-doc / etc");
}

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13 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 47.5
CVSS 3.18.4
EPSS0.00132
SSVC
5