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CVE-2019-17626

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17626 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting ReportLab versions up to 3.5.26. The flaw stems from an insecure use of eval() in the colors.py module, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary Python code via specially crafted XML documents. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or public exploit intelligence, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:reportlab:reportlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1023 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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 (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: reportlabFixed in: 3.5.28
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-reportlab-0:2.3-3.el6_10.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-reportlab-0:2.5-9.el7_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python-reportlab-0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: python-reportlab-0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-qpg2-vx7j-3869critical

XML Injection in ReportLab

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-17626Important

python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code

Oct 16, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00002.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0195
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0197
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0201
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0230
bitbucket.org / rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bitbucket.org / rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WAF5TSQ52DM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP763IHO6ASL
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-35
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20240719-0006
usn.ubuntu.com / 4273-1
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4663