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CVE-2019-20916 (GCVE-0-2019-20916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-04 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:00
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
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