CVE-2020-27619

In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

8.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2020-10-22

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• fedoraproject:fedora
• oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment
• python:python

References

• https://bugs.python.org/issue41944
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794

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