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Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2019-9948

CVE-2019-9948

Description

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call.

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