critical
CVE-2019-17626
python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '<span color="' followed by arbitrary Python code.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | reportlab | 3.5.28 |
| amazon linux 2 | python-reportlab, python-reportlab-debuginfo, python-reportlab-docs | 2.5-9.amzn2.1 |
| debian 10 | python-reportlab | 3.5.13-1+deb10u1 |
| debian 11 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 12 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 13 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 14 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 8 | python-reportlab | 3.1.8-3+deb8u2 |
| debian 9 | python-reportlab | 3.3.0-2+deb9u1 |
| echo | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | python-reportlab, python-reportlab-docs | 2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | python-reportlab, python-reportlab-docs | 2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
Show all 22 entries from 18 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | reportlab | 3.5.28 |
| amazon linux 2 | python-reportlab | 2.5-9.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | python-reportlab-debuginfo | 2.5-9.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | python-reportlab-docs | 2.5-9.amzn2.1 |
| debian 10 | python-reportlab | 3.5.13-1+deb10u1 |
| debian 11 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 12 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 13 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 14 | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| debian 8 | python-reportlab | 3.1.8-3+deb8u2 |
| debian 9 | python-reportlab | 3.3.0-2+deb9u1 |
| echo | python-reportlab | 3.5.34-1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | python-reportlab | 2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | python-reportlab-docs | 2.3-3.el6_10.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | python-reportlab | 2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | python-reportlab-docs | 2.5-9.el7_7.1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | python3-reportlab | 3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | python-reportlab | 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | python-reportlab | 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | python-reportlab | 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | python-reportlab | 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 19.10 | python-reportlab | 3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0195
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0230
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17626
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-17626
- https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code
All 30 references
- https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.md
- https://github.com/MrBitBucket/reportlab-mirror
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpg2-vx7j-3869
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/reportlab/PYSEC-2019-117.yaml
- https://hg.reportlab.com/hg-public/reportlab/rev/51a521ad7dd3
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2019-17626.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-0201.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WAF5TSQ52DM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WAF5TSQ52DM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP763IHO6ASL
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP763IHO6ASL/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17626
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0006
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0006/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4273-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20191016111823/https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17626
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4663