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CVE-2018-1000802

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000802 is a critical command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) in the shutil.make_archive function of Python 2.7, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and Python itself. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve denial of service or information disclosure through arbitrary file injection due to unfiltered user input. While highly severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2012 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1000802Moderate

python: Command injection in the shutil module

Aug 29, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.python.org / issue34540
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / python/cpython/pull/8985
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / python/cpython/pull/8985/commits/add531a1e55b0a739b0f42582f1c9747e5649ace
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
mega.nz
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230309-0002
usn.ubuntu.com / 3817-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3817-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4306
Third Party Advisory