A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade pyxdg | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 6, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 6, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python2-pyxdgUpgrade python3-pyxdg | Aug 9, 2024 | Jun 6, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-xdg (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-xdgUpgrade python-xdgUpgrade python-xdg (Ubuntu Pro) | Jan 20, 2021 | Jun 6, 2019 |
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