CVE-2024-38526 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code. This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.

Published: 2024-06-25

Score: 0 Low

EPSS: 82.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

mitmproxy

pdoc

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 14.5.1`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62	pdoc embeds link to malicious CDN if math mode is enabled

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82342.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/703
https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62
https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/polyfillio-in-pdoc-cve-2024-38526

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.57702}`	epss `{'score': 0.59116}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mitmproxy Mitmproxy pdoc
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mitmproxy:pdoc::::::::
Vendors & Products		Mitmproxy Mitmproxy pdoc
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mitmproxy Pdoc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-06-25T23:53:54.677Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:53:15.493Z

Reserved: 2024-06-18T16:37:02.728Z

Link: CVE-2024-38526

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:25.740Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-26T00:15:10.703

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:26:11.483

Link: CVE-2024-38526

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-1395

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