CVE-2019-17626: XML Injection in ReportLab

CVE-2019-17626 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-10-16

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.

Technologies: reportlab (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-17626 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-17626 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-17626?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 16 October 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
reportlab (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.5.28.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-17626?
Yes. reportlab (PyPI): upgrade to 3.5.28 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-17626?
Check whether you run reportlab (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • reportlab (PyPI): upgrade to 3.5.28 or later
    pip install "reportlab>=3.5.28"

Affected products

  • reportlab (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.5.28

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-17626
  • GHSA-qpg2-vx7j-3869
  • PYSEC-2019-117

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