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CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2019-20916

CVE-2019-20916

CVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Summary

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score7.5 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityNONE

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Pypa pipOpensuse leapDebian debian linuxOracle communications cloud native core network function cloud native environmentOracle communications cloud native core policy
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2024-11-21. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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