CVE-2019-17626
python-reportlab - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 16.8%
Description
ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '<span color="' followed by arbitrary Python code.
How to fix CVE-2019-17626
To remediate CVE-2019-17626, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/python-reportlab—upgrade to 3.5.34-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.1.8-3+deb8u2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.3.0-2+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.5.28 or later
- —upgrade to 3.5.28 or later
Is CVE-2019-17626 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 16.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 3.5.34-1
- from 0, < 3.1.8-3+deb8u2
- from 0, < 3.3.0-2+deb9u1
- from 0, < 3.5.28
- from 0, < 3.5.28
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |