CVE-2019-20916

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../…

published September 4, 2020

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03003 · 87.3th percentile
Published
2020-09-04T19:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 SEP 19:20Z
    The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../…
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