CVE-2019-9948
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Mar 23, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 23, 2019
Description
urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue35907
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/11842
- 107549vdb-entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0004/
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1273vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1580vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190625 [SECURITY] [DLA 1834-1] python2.7 security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2019:1700vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190711 [SECURITY] [DLA 1852-1] python3.4 security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2019-9bfb4a3e4bvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-60a1defcd1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2030vendor-advisory
- USN-4127-2vendor-advisory
- USN-4127-1vendor-advisory
- 20191021 [slackware-security] python (SSA:2019-293-01)mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html
- RHSA-2019:3335vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3520vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202003-26vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200715 [SECURITY] [DLA 2280-1] python3.5 security updatemailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20200729 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2387: Security vulnerabilities in the apache/bookkeeper-4.9.2 imagemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200822 [SECURITY] [DLA 2337-1] python2.7 security updatemailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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