vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2025-0938): Python vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Jan 31, 2025 | Feb 21, 2025 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Jan 31, 2025
Added
Feb 21, 2025
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
The Python standard library functions `urllib.parse.urlsplit` and `urlparse` accepted domain names that included square brackets which isn't valid according to RFC 3986. Square brackets are only meant to be used as delimiters for specifying IPv6 and IPvFuture hosts in URLs. This could result in differential parsing across the Python URL parser and other specification-compliant URL parsers.
Solutions
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References
Rapid7 Labs
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