PYSEC-2022-42969

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    PYSEC-2022-42969

    Published: 4 Nov 2022Last Modified: 9 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The py library through 1.11.0 for Python allows remote attackers to conduct a ReDoS (Regular expression Denial of Service) attack via a Subversion repository with crafted info data, because the InfoSvnCommand argument is mishandled.

    References: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w596-4wvx-j9j6, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42969, https://github.com/pytest-dev/py/issues/287, https://github.com/pytest-dev/py/issues/288, https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/10392

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: py

    Purl: pkg:pypi/py

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.8.0-alpha2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2022-42969 | CVE-DB