Potential Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Python 3 through 3.9.0 via CJK Codec Tests

Potential Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Python 3 through 3.9.0 via CJK Codec Tests

CVE-2020-27619 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.

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