{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including docutils. It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5042 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade docutils to 0.6 or later.","what":"CVE-2009-5042 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2009-5042 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2009-5042 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5042 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- docutils (PyPI): affected from 0.5; fixed in 0.6\n- docutils (PyPI): affected from 0.5; fixed in 0.6\n- docutils (PyPI): affected from 0.5; fixed in 0.6\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5042/index.md)","id":"CVE-2009-5042","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5042/index.md","name":"CVE-2009-5042","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5042","GHSA-cg75-6938-wx58","PYSEC-2019-176"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["other"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Python documentation library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"The python-docutils library uses temporary files insecurely, potentially allowing local attackers to access or modify sensitive data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"debian_linux","vendor":"debian"},{"product":"python-docutils","vendor":"python-docutils_project"}],"cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-668","name":"Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere"}],"description":"python-docutils allows insecure usage of temporary files","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"python-docutils allows insecure usage of temporary files","id":"CVE-2009-5042","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":"debian:debian_linux","products":["debian:debian_linux"],"type":"other","year":"2009"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-5043"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.6"],"introduced":["0.5"],"last_affected":[],"package":"docutils","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-cg75-6938-wx58"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.6"],"introduced":["0.5"],"last_affected":[],"package":"docutils","purl":"pkg:pypi/docutils","source":"GHSA-cg75-6938-wx58"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.6"],"introduced":["0.5"],"last_affected":[],"package":"docutils","purl":"pkg:pypi/docutils","source":"PYSEC-2019-176"}],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-5041"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-10-31","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"ProFTPD Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2015-3306","kev_date_added":"2026-10-08","published":"2015-05-18"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-49113","kev_date_added":"2026-02-20","published":"2025-06-02"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"GNU InetUtils Argument Injection","id":"CVE-2026-24061","kev_date_added":"2026-01-26","published":"2026-01-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","id":"CVE-2025-39682","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-09-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2024-9680","kev_date_added":"2024-10-15","published":"2024-10-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2022-30333","kev_date_added":"2022-08-09","published":"2022-05-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-44026","kev_date_added":"2023-06-22","published":"2021-11-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"The python-docutils library uses temporary files insecurely, potentially allowing local attackers to access or modify sensitive data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5042/"}