CVE-2019-17626 XML Injection in ReportLab
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-17626 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-17626 is a critical code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected packages and fixed versions:
- reportlab (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.5.28
- reportlab (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.5.28
- reportlab (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.5.28
Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17626/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17626/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary Python code via crafted XML documents due to unsafe eval usage in ReportLab.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-17626?
CVE-2019-17626 is a critical code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-91
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17626?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including reportlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
reportlab PyPI | All versions | 3.5.28 |
reportlab PyPI | All versions | 3.5.28 |
reportlab PyPI | All versions | 3.5.28 |
Linux distribution packages (31)
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 |
python-reportlab-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 |
python3-reportlab Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 |
python3-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 |
python-reportlab Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2 |
python-reportlab-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2 |
python3-reportlab Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2 |
python3-reportlab-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2 |
python-reportlab SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.7-3.3.1 |
python-reportlab SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | All versions | 2.7-3.3.1 |
python-reportlab openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 3.4.0-lp151.3.3.1 |
python-reportlab openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 4.0.7-1.3 |
python-reportlab openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 4.5.1-1.2 |
Products include Reportlab Reportlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17626?
Upgrade reportlab to 3.5.28 or later.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-17626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17626, DLA-2112-1, DSA-4663-1, GHSA-qpg2-vx7j-3869, MGASA-2020-0059, OESA-2021-1281 and 13 more.