PYSEC-2018-76

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    PYSEC-2018-76

    Published: 26 Jun 2018Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ListFormatParser::parse, file topydo/lib/ListFormat.py line 292 as of d4f843dac71308b2f29a7c2cdc76f055c3841523 that can result in Injection of arbitrary bytes to the terminal, including terminal escape code sequences. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must open a todo.txt with at least one specially crafted line..

    References: https://github.com/bram85/topydo/issues/240, https://github.com/bram85/topydo/blob/master/topydo/lib/ListFormat.py#L292, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6h9-pphv-m266

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: topydo

    Purl: pkg:pypi/topydo

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1
    0.1.1
    0.1.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High