ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '
CVE-2019-17626
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 16.8%, top 5% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
Published
October 16, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Jun 23, 2026[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-reportlab-3.5.34-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZPHP2BJSTP4IYCSJRQINP763IHO6ASL/[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-reportlab-3.5.34-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSCTOE3DITFICY2XKBYZ5WAF5TSQ52DM/[SECURITY] [DLA 2112-1] python-reportlab security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00019.htmlAffected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0230Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0197Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0195Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-reportlab-accel (3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-reportlab-0:3.4.0-6.el8_0.2 | 2020-01-27 | redhat |
| redhat | python-reportlab-0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 | 2020-01-24 | redhat |
| redhat | python-reportlab-0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 | 2020-01-21 | redhat |
| redhat | python-reportlab-0:2.5-9.el7_7.1 | 2020-01-21 | 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.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| reportlab | 2.0 ... 3.5.26 (32 versions) | 3.5.28 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(5)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0195IMPORTANT2019-10-16
RHSA-2020:0195 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0197IMPORTANT2019-10-16
RHSA-2020:0197 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0201IMPORTANT2019-10-16
RHSA-2020:0201 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0230IMPORTANT2019-10-16
RHSA-2020:0230 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4273-1MEDIUM
ReportLab vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-05-27 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-27 12:59 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-25 03:19 UTCOSV refresh
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