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CVE-2020-29651

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-29651 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the py.path.svnwc component of the 'py' Python library (also known as python-py) up to version 1.9.0, impacting products like Fedora and Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit. Attackers can trigger a compute-time denial of service by providing malicious input to the blame functionality, exploiting a regular expression vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no privileges or user interaction, leading to a high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pytest:py:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0461 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18586-16820Fixed in: 1.10.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 python-py 1.10.0-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.10.0-1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pyFixed in: 1.10.0
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python27:2.7/python-py
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python-py
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: python-py
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: python-py

Vendor Advisories (3)

pipGHSA-hj5v-574p-mj7chigh

py vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

Apr 20, 2021
microsoft2020-Dec/CVE-2020-29651Important

A denial of service via regular expression in the py.path.svnwc component of py (aka python-py) through 1.9.0 could be used by attackers to cause a compute-time denial of service attack by supplying malicious input to the blame functionality.

Dec 8, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-29651Low

python-py: ReDoS in the py.path.svnwc component via mailicious input to blame functionality

Sep 3, 2020

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00024.html
github.com / pytest-dev/py/issues/256
Third Party Advisory
github.com / pytest-dev/py/pull/257
Third Party Advisory
github.com / pytest-dev/py/pull/257/commits/4a9017dc6199d2a564b6e4b0aa39d6d8870e4144
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYWNYEV3FGDHPIHX4DDUDMFZ6NLCQRC4
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHDTINIBJZ67T3W74QTBIY5LPKAXEOGR
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Third Party Advisory