CVE-2020-8492: Python vulnerability
Vendor fix available · Affected: Python · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 93% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Python
- Published
- January 2020
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-400cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorylists.opensuse.org
- Vendor advisoryusn.ubuntu.com
- Vendor advisoryusn.ubuntu.com
- Vendor advisorysecurity.gentoo.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- bugs.python.org/issue39503bugs.python.org
- python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.htmlpython-security.readthedocs.io
- github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284github.com
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001security.netapp.com
5 more references are in the CVE record.