CVE-2020-27619

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2020-20126 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 8.3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
62
EG Risk 62/100

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.
Exploitation8.3% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (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 at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
8.3%
EPSS %ILE
94th
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
8.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). 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; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days 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; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (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)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (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

October 22, 2020

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 30, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RSLQD5CCM75IZGAMBDGUZEATYU5YSGJ7/
GitHub commit

commit e912e945f296 (python/cpython)

Fix landed in python/cpython commit e912e945f296 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374b
GitHub commit

commit b664a1df4ee7 (python/cpython)

Fix landed in python/cpython commit b664a1df4ee7 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794
GitHub commit

commit 6c6c256df363 (python/cpython)

Fix landed in python/cpython commit 6c6c256df363 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33
GitHub commit

commit 43e523103886 (python/cpython)

Fix landed in python/cpython commit 43e523103886 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9
GitHub commit

commit 2ef5caa58feb (python/cpython)

Fix landed in python/cpython commit 2ef5caa58feb — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8
Web page

Issue 41944: [security][CVE-2020-27619] Python testsuite calls eval() on content received via HTTP - Python tracker

https://bugs.python.org/issue41944

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3.5-venv (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13) @ xenial2026-11-01ubuntu
ubuntupython3.5-venv (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm13) @ xenial2026-11-01ubuntu
ubuntupython2.7-minimal (2.7.18-1~20.04.1) @ focal2026-11-01ubuntu
redhatpython38-devel:3.8-8050020210811101222.e3d35cca2021-11-09redhat
redhatpython27:2.7-8050020210811095446.3e7ace8b2021-11-09redhat
redhatrh-python38-python-urllib3-0:1.25.7-7.el72021-08-24redhat
redhatpython27-python-pygments-0:1.5-5.el72021-08-24redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-37.el82021-05-18redhat

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

(6 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.5+dfsg-2: fixed in 7.3.5+dfsg-2
—
python2.72.7.18-10 ... 2.7.18-9 (10 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
python3.9—
  • every version up to 3.9.1~rc1-1: fixed in 3.9.1~rc1-1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.5+dfsg-2: fixed in 7.3.5+dfsg-2
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.5+dfsg-2: fixed in 7.3.5+dfsg-2
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.5+dfsg-2: fixed in 7.3.5+dfsg-2
—

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 27× in last 7d / 94× 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 99 of 243 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. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 144 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  2. 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-01 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  6. 2026-10-31 15:37 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-31 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  12. 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  16. 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  20. 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  24. 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  3. 2026-10-25 20:54 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-25 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-25 18:45 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  7. 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  11. 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  15. 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  19. 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  23. 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  27. 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  30. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  31. 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  34. 2026-10-18 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-18 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-18 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  37. 2026-10-17 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  38. 2026-10-17 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-10-17 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-17 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  41. 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  42. 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  45. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  46. 2026-10-15 09:09 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-15 09:09 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-15 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  49. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  50. 2026-10-14 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-10-14 05:25 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-10-14 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  53. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  54. 2026-10-13 00:39 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-13 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-12 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-10-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  58. 2026-10-12 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-10-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  60. 2026-10-10 19:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  61. 2026-10-09 20:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  62. 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  65. 2026-10-08 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  66. 2026-10-07 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  67. 2026-10-06 15:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  68. 2026-10-05 17:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  69. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  70. 2026-09-30 15:17 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  72. 2026-09-29 15:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  73. 2026-09-27 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
  74. 2026-09-26 15:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-27619?
CVE-2020-27619 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 22, 2020. In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2020-27619 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2020-27619 was published on October 22, 2020. 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 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2020-27619 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-27619 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (94th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-27619?
CVE-2020-27619 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-27619?
A fix for CVE-2020-27619 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2020-27619 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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