CVE-2019-17626

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 36.78% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.md third party advisory release notes
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0197 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0195 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP763IHO6ASL/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0230 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WAF5TSQ52DM/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00002.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.html mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4663 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35 vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0006/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17626?
CVE-2019-17626 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17626?
To fix CVE-2019-17626, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17626 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17626 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~37% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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