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CVE-2020-8492

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 6.62% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-01-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-8492
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
6.62%

Original NVD Description

Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking.