high7.5
CVE-2019-12761
Code Injection in PyXDG
Impact
A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | pyxdg | < 0.26 | 0.26 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Pyxdg | before 0.26 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6v3-hpxj-r8rv
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12761
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyxdg/PYSEC-2019-199.yaml