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Vulnerability details: VCID-taaq-u851-5kdt
Vulnerability ID VCID-taaq-u851-5kdt
Aliases CVE-2019-9948
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.7
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-9948.json
epss 0.00918 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-9948
epss 0.00918 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-9948
epss 0.00918 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-9948
epss 0.00918 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-9948
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-9948.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-9948
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9948
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1695570 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695570
GLSA-202003-26 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26
RHSA-2019:1700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1700
RHSA-2019:2030 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030
RHSA-2019:3520 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520
RHSA-2019:3725 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
RHSA-2020:1268 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1268
RHSA-2020:1346 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1346
RHSA-2020:1462 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1462
USN-4127-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-1/
USN-4127-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-2/
USN-6891-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6891-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-9948.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76327
EPSS Score 0.00918
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:08:36.293593+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0