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high 7.5

CVE-2019-17400 json

Server-Side Request Forgery in unoconv

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-27p5-7cw6-m45h , PYSEC-2019-213 , EUVD-2019-0151

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The unoconv package before 0.9 mishandles untrusted pathnames, leading to SSRF and local file inclusion.

Patch / fix

  • pypi unoconv 0.9.0
  • universal_office_converter_project universal_office_converter 0.9
  • unoconv Debian 12 0.7-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17400

  • unoconv RHEL 7 0.6-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3944

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17400 updated cvss 7.5

unoconv: mishandling of pathname leads to SSRF and local file inclusion

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) unoconv 0.6-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) unoconv 0.6-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) unoconv 0.6-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3944

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Exploit prediction

2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • buer.haus https://buer.haus/2019/10/18/a-tale-of-exploitation-in-spreadsheet-file-conversions/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi unoconv
<0.9.0
0.9.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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