Uncaught Exception Affecting checkov package, versions <3.3.16-r2
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- published2 Sept 2026
- disclosed14 Sept 2026
Introduced: 2 Sep 2026
CVE-2026-55244 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard checkov to version 3.3.16-r2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream checkov package and not the checkov package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
ASTEVAL is an evaluator of Python expressions and statements. Prior to 1.0.9, FROM_PY in asteval/astutils.py exposes BaseException, SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt, and GeneratorExit to expressions evaluated by asteval.Interpreter.eval(), while run() and eval() in asteval/asteval.py catch Exception rather than these non-Exception BaseException subclasses. When an attacker-controlled expression raises one of these classes, on_raise() passes the class to raise_exception(), and the resulting exception bypasses the interpreter's safety handlers and propagates into the calling application. A consuming service that evaluates untrusted expressions can therefore be terminated or have signal and cleanup handling disrupted, causing denial of service. The separately documented read-only open() capability is not part of this vulnerability. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.9.
References
- https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/commit/9c625b3674f8d05f206708bb85afca17a87694a4
- https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/commit/c49c99a67acb63eb7410231932250bd820380e45
- https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/pull/153
- https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/releases/tag/1.0.9
- https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/security/advisories/GHSA-89v8-rhwq-hf77