{"cve":"CVE-2020-28463","nvd":{"published":"2021-02-18T16:15:12.707","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:29.873","status":"Modified","description":"All versions of package reportlab are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) via img tags. In order to reduce risk, use trustedSchemes & trustedHosts (see in Reportlab's documentation) Steps to reproduce by Karan Bamal: 1. Download and install the latest package of reportlab 2. Go to demos -> odyssey -> dodyssey 3. In the text file odyssey.txt that needs to be converted to pdf inject <img src=\"http://127.0.0.1:5000\" valign=\"top\"/> 4. Create a nc listener nc -lp 5000 5. Run python3 dodyssey.py 6. You will get a hit on your nc showing we have successfully proceded to send a server side request 7. dodyssey.py will show error since there is no img file on the url, but we are able to do SSRF","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-918"],"references":["https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00037.html","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HMUJA5GZTPQ5WRYUCCK2GEZM4W43N7HH/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZQSFCID67K6BTC655EQY6MNOF35QI44/","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-REPORTLAB-1022145","https://www.reportlab.com/docs/reportlab-userguide.pdf"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","reportlab:reportlab"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:15:50.279857260+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-28463","score":0.01346,"percentile":0.71434,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-mpvw-25mg-59vx","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mpvw-25mg-59vx","summary":"Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) via img tags in reportlab","modified":"2024-10-26T19:20:54.520333Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"reportlab","purl":"pkg:pypi/reportlab","ranges":["<3.5.55"],"fixed":["3.5.55"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2021-146","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2021-146","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:03:27.381559Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"reportlab","purl":"pkg:pypi/reportlab","ranges":["<3.5.55"],"fixed":["3.5.55"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}