CVE-2020-27619

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27619
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-22 03:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:27 UTC
DescriptionIn Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bpo-41944: No longer call eval() on content received via HTTP in the … · python/cpython@43e5231 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GNAT Ada Suite: Remote Code Execution (GLSA 202402-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE-2020-27619 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Issue 41944: [security] Python testsuite calls eval() on content received via HTTP - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e69... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
bpo-41944: No longer call eval() on content received via HTTP in the … · python/cpython@e912e94 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
bpo-41944: No longer call eval() on content received via HTTP in the … · python/cpython@6c6c256 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685a... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
bpo-41944: No longer call eval() on content received via HTTP in the … · python/cpython@2ef5caa · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
bpo-41944: No longer call eval() on content received via HTTP in the … · python/cpython@b664a1d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159200 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (ELSA-2021-1633)
  • 159463 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ELSA-2021-4151)
  • 198293 Ubuntu Security Notification for Python2.7, Python3.7, Python3.8 Vulnerabilities (USN-4754-3)
  • 239323 Red Hat Update for python3 (RHSA-2021:1633)
  • 239580 Red Hat Update for rh-python38 (RHSA-2021:3254)
  • 239582 Red Hat Update for python27 (RHSA-2021:3252)
  • 239826 Red Hat Update for python27:2.7 (RHSA-2021:4151)
  • 281120 Fedora Security Update for python2.7 (FEDORA-2021-12df7f7382)
  • 281121 Fedora Security Update for python2.7 (FEDORA-2021-98720f3785)
  • 352384 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python3: ALAS2-2021-1670
  • 353942 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python : ALAS2-2022-1802
  • 353955 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python27 : ALAS-2022-1593
  • 356244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python38 : ALASPYTHON3.8-2023-009
  • 356421 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python3 : ALAS2-2023-2317
  • 375320 Python 3 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
  • 376090 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (6491661)
  • 377387 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0080)
  • 670921 EulerOS Security Update for python2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-2527)
  • 750013 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (SUSE-SU-2021:1621-1)
  • 750463 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2333-1)
  • 750464 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2332-1)
  • 900021 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python3 3.7.9
  • 903095 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (3516)
  • 940187 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3 (ALSA-2021:1633)
  • 940522 AlmaLinux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALSA-2021:4151)
  • 940526 AlmaLinux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ALSA-2021:4162)
  • 960320 Rocky Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (RLSA-2021:4151)
  • 960342 Rocky Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RLSA-2021:4162)

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