python-reportlab — security advisory

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  "id": "7ad6157e1594f410ec47745262495e7cee0a5a08389696560291fb6a13f36a0b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28463",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28463",
    "summary": "All versions of package reportlab are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) via img tags. In order to reduce risk, use trustedSchemes & trustedHosts (see in Reportlab's documentation) Steps to reproduce by Karan Bamal: 1. Download and install the latest package of reportlab 2. Go to demos -> odyssey -> dodyssey 3. In the text file odyssey.txt that needs to be converted to pdf inject 4. Create a nc listener nc -lp 5000 5. Run python3 dodyssey.py 6. You will get a hit on your nc showing we have successfully proceded to send a server side request 7. dodyssey.py will show error since there is no img file on the url, but we are able to do SSRF",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28463",
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        "fixed_versions": [
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            "value": "3.5.55-1",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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          "package": {
            "name": "python-reportlab",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/python-reportlab?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/python-reportlab?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/python-reportlab?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:31.711722491Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2020-28463"
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      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28463"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452452,
  "published_at": "2021-02-18T16:15:12.707+00:00"
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