Cloud-Security-Engineer Cloud Workload Protection Practice Question
During a vulnerability scan of a container image in the Prisma Cloud Console, a custom Python package installed via pip shows as unpatched, but the CVE has a fixed version available. Why might Prisma Cloud still report the vulnerability as unresolved?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The Python package was installed without standard metadata files (.dist-info or .egg-info) required for version parsing.
Prisma Cloud correlates package manager databases with scanned binaries. If a package is installed without a proper metadata record (e.g. wheel or direct site-packages copy without egg-info/dist-info), the scanner cannot match it to the fix advisory.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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The Python package was installed without standard metadata files (.dist-info or .egg-info) required for version parsing.
Why this is correct
Missing metadata prevents the vulnerability scanner from accurately parsing the installed package version.
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Container vulnerability scans only support compiled languages like Go and C++; interpreted languages require runtime defense.
Why it's wrong here
Prisma Cloud supports vulnerability scanning for Python, Node.js, Java, and other package ecosystems.
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The Prisma Cloud Console requires a manual sync of the National Vulnerability Database before Python CVEs update.
Why it's wrong here
Console updates vulnerability intelligence feeds automatically.
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The image was scanned using an outdated twistcli version that does not support Python package scanning.
Why it's wrong here
twistcli parses standard OS and application layers, but python package detection relies on metadata presence.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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