In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.
CVE-2020-27619
“—” 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.
Also known asEUVD-2020-20126 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 62EG 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[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/Pony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3EPony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EPony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ecommit e912e945f296 (python/cpython)
Fix landed in python/cpython commit e912e945f296 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e912e945f2960029d039d3390ea08835ad39374bcommit b664a1df4ee7 (python/cpython)
Fix landed in python/cpython commit b664a1df4ee7 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b664a1df4ee71d3760ab937653b10997081b1794commit 6c6c256df363 (python/cpython)
Fix landed in python/cpython commit 6c6c256df363 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6c6c256df3636ff6f6136820afaefa5a10a3ac33commit 43e523103886 (python/cpython)
Fix landed in python/cpython commit 43e523103886 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/43e523103886af66d6c27cd72431b5d9d14cd2a9commit 2ef5caa58feb (python/cpython)
Fix landed in python/cpython commit 2ef5caa58feb — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2ef5caa58febc8968e670e39e3d37cf8eef3cab8Issue 41944: [security][CVE-2020-27619] Python testsuite calls eval() on content received via HTTP - Python tracker
https://bugs.python.org/issue41944Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-27619(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- GHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3GitHub Security AdvisoriesCritical
In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on...
- RHSA-2021:4162Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 security update
- RHSA-2021:4151Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python27:2.7 security update
- RHSA-2021:3252Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python27 security update
- RHSA-2021:3254Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-python38 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2021:1633Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3 security update
- CVE-2020-27619Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories
CVE-2020-27619 Informational: Impact of Python Test Suite Vulnerability CVE-2020-27619
- CVE-2020-27619Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
CVE-2020-27619
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3.5-venv (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13) @ xenial | 2026-11-01 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3.5-venv (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm13) @ xenial | 2026-11-01 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python2.7-minimal (2.7.18-1~20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-11-01 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python38-devel:3.8-8050020210811101222.e3d35cca | 2021-11-09 | redhat |
| redhat | python27:2.7-8050020210811095446.3e7ace8b | 2021-11-09 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-python38-python-urllib3-0:1.25.7-7.el7 | 2021-08-24 | redhat |
| redhat | python27-python-pygments-0:1.5-5.el7 | 2021-08-24 | redhat |
| redhat | python3-0:3.6.8-37.el8 | 2021-05-18 | 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
(6 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypy3 | — |
| — |
| python2.7 | 2.7.18-10 ... 2.7.18-9 (10 versions) |
| — |
| python3.9 | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypy3 | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypy3 | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypy3 | — |
| — |
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.
- 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-01 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-31 15:37 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-31 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-30 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-29 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-28 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-27 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-26 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-25 20:54 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-25 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-25 18:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-24 22:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-23 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-23 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-22 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-21 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-20 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-19 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-18 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-18 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-18 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-17 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-17 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-17 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-16 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-15 09:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-15 09:09 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-15 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-14 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 05:25 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-14 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-13 00:39 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-12 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-12 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-10-09 20:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-08 21:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-22cq-cq7f-8jm3 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
- 2026-10-08 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-10-07 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-09-30 15:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-09-27 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
- 2026-09-26 15:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 94th percentile
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