CVE-2019-17626
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2019 at 11:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorReportlab
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
SSVC
No known 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v ≤ 3.5.26
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00002.htmlExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-codeRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.mdSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-91
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