An issue was discovered in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.5.7, 3.6.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4. The email module wrongly parses email addresses that contain multiple @ characters. An application that uses the email module and implements some kind of checks on the From/To headers of a message could be tricked into accepting an email address that should be denied. An attack may be the same as in CVE-2019-11340; however, this CVE applies to Python more generally.
CVE-2019-16056
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 91.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 6, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (68)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00062.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00063.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00012.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00021.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3948
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.python.org/issue34155
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8cb65d1381b027f0b09ee36bfed7f35bb4dec9a9
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00018.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00019.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4X3HW5JRZ7GCPSR7UHJOLD7AWLTQCDVR/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-16056(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:1605Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python27:2.7 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHBA-2020:1539Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5.6-1 - RHEL7 Container
- RHBA-2020:1540Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.4-1 - RHEL7 Container
- RHSA-2019:3725Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-python36-python security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3.11-venv (3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm1) @ jammy | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3.5-venv (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.9) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libpython3.4 (3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm4) @ trusty | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-0:2.7.5-87.el7_7 | 2020-06-12 | redhat |
| redhat | python27:2.7-8020020200117110429.90f98d4f | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | python3-0:3.6.8-23.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | python-0:2.7.5-88.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | python3-0:3.6.8-13.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | python27-python-0:2.7.17-2.el7 | 2019-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-python36-python-0:3.6.9-2.el7 | 2019-11-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3948MODERATE2018-07-19
RHSA-2019:3948 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1131MODERATE2018-07-19
RHSA-2020:1131 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1132MODERATE2018-07-19
RHSA-2020:1132 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1764MODERATE2018-07-19
RHSA-2020:1764 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2520MODERATE2018-07-19
RHSA-2020:2520 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4151-1MEDIUM
Python vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4151-2MEDIUM
Python vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6891-1MEDIUM
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