ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '<span color="' followed by arbitrary Python code.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2112-1 python-reportlab security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3590-1 python-reportlab security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4663-1 python-reportlab security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qpg2-vx7j-3869 XML Injection in ReportLab
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4273-1 ReportLab vulnerability
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Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:47:13.237Z

Reserved: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-17626

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:47:13.237Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-16T12:15:12.010

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:32:39.353

Link: CVE-2019-17626

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-17626 - Bugzilla

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