CVE-2015-20107

CRITICALNVD 7.69.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-04-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.6; sources differ by 2.2.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 5 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2015-2111 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2.8%CVSS: 7.6Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if they lack validation of user-provided filenames or arguments). The fix is also back-ported to 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

CVSS v3
7.6
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
45
EG Risk 45/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation2.8% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
2.8%
EPSS %ILE
86th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
2.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 13, 2022

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: python3.8-3.8.13-3.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4E2WBEJ42CGLGDHD6ZXOLZ2W6G3YOVD/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: python3.9-3.9.13-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MYG3EMFR7ZHC46TDNM7SNWO64A3W7EUF/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: python3.7-3.7.13-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONXSGLASNLGFL57YU6WT6Y5YURSFV43U/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-9.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46KWPTI72SSEOF53DOYQBQOCN4QQB2GE/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: python3.8-3.8.13-3.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FIRUTX47BJD2HYJDLMI7JJBVCYFAPKAQ/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-3.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERYMM2QVDPOJLX4LYXWYIQN5FOIJLDRY/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: python3.9-3.9.13-2.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FCIO2W4DUVVMI6L52QCC4TT2B3K5VWHS/
Web page

[CVE-2015-20107] mailcap.findmatch: document shell command Injection danger in filename parameter · Issue #68966 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/68966
Web page

Issue 24778: [CVE-2015-20107] mailcap.findmatch: document shell command Injection danger in filename parameter - Python tracker

https://bugs.python.org/issue24778

Patch Availability(9)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3.8-venv (3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm2) @ bionic2026-11-02ubuntu
ubuntupython3.9 (3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm1) @ focal2026-11-02ubuntu
ubuntulibpython3.5 (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm3) @ xenial2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatpython3.9-0:3.9.14-1.el92022-11-15redhat
redhatpython39-devel:3.9-8070020220916150556.be1f04972022-11-08redhat
redhatpython38-devel:3.8-8070020220916150349.bd194b042022-11-08redhat
redhatpython27:2.7-8070020220617114255.056aacbc2022-11-08redhat
redhatrh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el72022-10-03redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-47.el8_62022-09-13redhat

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

(16 across 13 ecosystems)
Debian:11(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy37.3.10+dfsg-1 ... 7.3.9+dfsg-5 (53 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
python2.72.7.18-10 ... 2.7.18-9 (10 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
python3.93.9.2-1, 3.9.2-1+deb11u1
  • every version up to 3.9.2-1+deb11u2: fixed in 3.9.2-1+deb11u2
—
Debian:10(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python2.72.7.16-2, 2.7.16-2+deb10u1
  • every version up to 2.7.16-2+deb10u2: fixed in 2.7.16-2+deb10u2
—
python3.73.7.3-2, 3.7.3-2+deb10u1, 3.7.3-2+deb10u2, 3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4
  • every version up to 3.7.3-2+deb10u5: fixed in 3.7.3-2+deb10u5
—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.10.5-r0: fixed in 3.10.5-r0
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.11+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.11+dfsg-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.11+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.11+dfsg-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.11+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.11+dfsg-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 100× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 237 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 137 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 05:55 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-11-02 03:35 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-02 03:35 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-02 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-01 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  6. 2026-11-01 02:53 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-11-01 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-01 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  10. 2026-10-31 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-31 02:11 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-31 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  14. 2026-10-30 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-30 01:30 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-30 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-29 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  18. 2026-10-29 00:49 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-29 00:49 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-29 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-28 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  22. 2026-10-28 00:04 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-28 00:04 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-28 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
Show 75 more
  1. 2026-10-26 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-26 23:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-26 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-26 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  5. 2026-10-25 19:13 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-25 19:13 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-25 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  9. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  13. 2026-10-23 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-23 17:38 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-23 17:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-23 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  17. 2026-10-22 16:57 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-22 16:57 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-22 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  21. 2026-10-21 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  22. 2026-10-21 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-21 16:13 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-21 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-20 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  26. 2026-10-20 15:31 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-10-20 15:31 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-20 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  29. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  30. 2026-10-19 14:49 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-19 14:49 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-19 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  33. 2026-10-18 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  34. 2026-10-18 14:08 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-18 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-18 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-17 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  38. 2026-10-17 13:24 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-10-17 13:24 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-17 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  41. 2026-10-16 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  42. 2026-10-16 12:40 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-16 12:40 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-16 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  45. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  46. 2026-10-15 11:55 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-15 11:55 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-15 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  49. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  50. 2026-10-14 07:25 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-14 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-14 06:37 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-14 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  54. 2026-10-14 00:51 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-10-14 00:51 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-14 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  57. 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  58. 2026-10-12 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-10-12 20:54 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-12 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  61. 2026-10-12 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 86th percentile
  62. 2026-10-12 01:17 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-10-11 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 85th percentile
  64. 2026-10-10 19:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 85th percentile
  65. 2026-10-09 20:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 85th percentile
  66. 2026-10-08 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.8% · 85th percentile
  67. 2026-10-08 01:33 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-08 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-08 01:04 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-10-08 01:04 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-08 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wvcr-2gc8-63gg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  72. 2026-10-07 23:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.1% · 94th percentile
  73. 2026-10-06 15:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.1% · 94th percentile
  74. 2026-10-05 17:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.1% · 94th percentile
  75. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.1% · 94th percentile

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2015-20107?
CVE-2015-20107 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 13, 2022. In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if they lack validation of user-provided…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2015-20107 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2015-20107 was published on April 13, 2022. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2015-20107 actively exploited?
CVE-2015-20107 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (86th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-20107?
CVE-2015-20107 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.6 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).
How do I remediate CVE-2015-20107?
A fix for CVE-2015-20107 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2015-20107 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

Dependency Blast Radius

See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2015-20107

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2015-20107?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.