Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-cryptography package, versions <0:2.8-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.98% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONCRYPTOGRAPHY-3209759
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed3 Dec 2020

Introduced: 3 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-27783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python-cryptography to version 0:2.8-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1879.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-cryptography package and not the python-cryptography package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1