CVE-2019-9740
CRLF injection is possible if the attacker controls a url parameter, as demonstrated by the first argument to urllib.request.urlopen with \r\n (specifically in the query string after a ? character) followed by an HTTP header or a Redis command.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in urllib2 in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 and urllib in Python 3.x through 3.7.3. CRLF injection is possible if the attacker controls a url parameter, as demonstrated by the first argument to urllib.request.urlopen with \r\n (specifically in the query string after a ? character) followed by an HTTP header or a Redis command. This is fixed in: v2.7.17, v2.7.17rc1, v2.7.18, v2.7.18rc1; v3.5.10, v3.5.10rc1, v3.5.8, v3.5.8rc1, v3.5.8rc2, v3.5.9; v3.6.10, v3.6.10rc1, v3.6.11, v3.6.11rc1, v3.6.12, v3.6.9, v3.6.9rc1; v3.7.4, v3.7.4rc1, v3.7.4rc2, v3.7.5, v3.7.5rc1, v3.7.6, v3.7.6rc1, v3.7.7, v3.7.7rc1, v3.7.8, v3.7.8rc1, v3.7.9.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.41% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-93
- Affected
- python/python
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107466Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.python.org/issue36276Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ORNTF62QPLMJXIQ7KTZQ2776LMIXEKL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/44TS66GJMO5H3RLMVZEBGEFTB6O2LJJU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4X3HW5JRZ7GCPSR7UHJOLD7AWLTQCDVR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCPGLTTOBB3QEARDX4JOYURP6ELNNA2V/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMWSKTNOHSUOT3L25QFJAVCFYZX46FYK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXASHCDD4PQFKTMKQN4YOP5ZH366ABN4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M34WOYCDKTDE5KLUACE2YIEH7D37KHRX/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190619-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.