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Case File

CVE-2019-20907

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 6.25% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2019-20907
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.25%

Original NVD Description

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation.