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PYSEC-2026-633

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-02 14:13 - Updated: 2026-07-02 14:13

Details

The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.

Impacted products

Name	purl
duplicity	pkg:pypi/duplicity

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      },
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    "CVE-2007-5201",
    "GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85"
  ],
  "details": "The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-633",
  "modified": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.444898Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.444898Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/duplicity"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing"
}

CVE-2007-5201 (GCVE-0-2007-5201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

8 references

URL	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/28917	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/42339	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Date Public

2007-09-19 00:00

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GHSA-WXCW-RQXC-HJ85

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:31 – Updated: 2023-09-22 21:42

Summary

FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing

Details

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "duplicity"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.4.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-5201"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-22T21:42:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-10-04T17:17:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85",
  "modified": "2023-09-22T21:42:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:31:03Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity"
    },
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    },
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    },
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  "severity": [],
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-633

CVE-2007-5201 (GCVE-0-2007-5201)

GHSA-WXCW-RQXC-HJ85

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