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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-17626 · published 16 October 2019

CVE-2019-17626: Reportlab xml injection vulnerability

Reportlab · Reportlab

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-91 · XML injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.md Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0006/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4663
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://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/199/eval-in-colorspy-leads-to-remote-code ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/src/default/CHANGES.md Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0006/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4663

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-17626), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.