CVE-2020-27619
criticalIn Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.
Vendor / product: Python — python
In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2020-10-22 03:16
Modified: 2026-10-08 21:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
python / python ≥3.0.0 <3.6.13, ≥3.7.0 <3.7.10, ≥3.8.0 <3.8.7, ≥3.9.0 <3.9.1
fedoraproject / fedora 33, 34
oracle / communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment 22.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
Vendor advisory: https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374b
Patch / mitigation: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue41944 cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8 cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9 cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33 cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794 cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374b cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a4508936... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b0... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... cve@mitre.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-04 cve@mitre.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201123-0004/ cve@mitre.org
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve@mitre.org
- https://bugs.python.org/issue41944 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a4508936... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b0... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗