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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2015-8557: python-pygments security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 8, 2016
Added
Feb 24, 2022
Modified
Apr 1, 2026

Description

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

Solution

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-python-pygments
Title
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