CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-0391

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
8.33%

95th percentile - higher than 95% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw in Python's urllib.parse module, where the urlparse method does not sanitize input and allows characters like '\r' and '\n' in the URL path, enabling an attacker to craft a URL that leads to injection attacks. Affected versions are earlier than 3.10.0b1, 3.9.5, 3.8.11, 3.7.11, and 3.6.14.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could leverage this to perform injection attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft.

Recommendation

Upgrade Python to at least 3.10.0b1, 3.9.5, 3.8.11, 3.7.11, or 3.6.14 depending on the series in use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Python, specifically within the urllib.parse module. This module helps break Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings into components. The issue involves how the urlparse method does not sanitize input and allows characters like '\r' and '\n' in the URL path. This flaw allows an attacker to input a crafted URL, leading to injection attacks. This flaw affects Python versions prior to 3.10.0b1, 3.9.5, 3.8.11, 3.7.11 and 3.6.14.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS