CVE-2026-6019 (GCVE-0-2026-6019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 19:28 – Updated: 2026-06-10 18:58
VLAI
Title
BaseCookie.js_output() does not neutralize embedded characters
Summary
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
Severity
2.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-150 - Improper neutralization of escape, meta, or control sequences
Assigner
PSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Python Software Foundation CPython Affected: 0 , < 3.13.14 (python)
Affected: 3.14.0a1 , < 3.14.5rc1 (python)
Affected: 3.15.0a1 , < 3.15.0b1 (python)
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Credits
oolongeya (https://github.com/komi22) Seth Larson (https://github.com/sethmlarson)
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