CVE-2019-19450
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 9.5%python-reportlab - security update
Published: 9/20/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code="' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-reportlabfrom 0, < 3.5.31-1
- Debian/python-reportlabfrom 0, < 3.5.13-1+deb10u2
- PyPI/reportlabfrom 0, < 3.5.31
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19450
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19450
- PATCHhttps://hg.reportlab.com/hg-public/reportlab
- WEBhttps://github.com/MrBitBucket/reportlab-mirror/blob/master/CHANGES.md
- WEBhttps://github.com/MrBitBucket/reportlab-mirror/blob/master/CHANGES.md#release-353115102019
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00037.html
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHMCB2GJQKFMGVO5RWHN222NQL5XYPHZ
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HADPTB3SBU7IVRMDK7OL6WSQRU5AFWDZ
- WEBhttps://pastebin.com/5MicRrr4