CVE-2020-27619

moderate-risk
Published 2020-10-22

In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.

Do I need to act?

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0.63% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: aa73e1722eb9835dc99fd8983885a141112ee4ab, 9b2dd1fc6c9913dbeee623e724b6baa598038f97, 6503f05dd59e26a9986bdea097b3da9b3546f45b, 1e5d33e9b9b8631b36f061103a30208b206fd03a, 2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8, 43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9, 6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33, b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794, e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374b
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Oracle Python Fedoraproject

References (28)

Issue Tracking https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac3...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b179...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e3...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-04
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201123-0004/
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Issue Tracking https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac3...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b179...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374...
and 8 more references
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low