Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-27043
The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character
5.3
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses may be used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
38; 39 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
PY
Python · Python
through 2.7.18; 3.0 before 3.8.20; 3.9.0 before 3.9.20; 3.10.0 before 3.10.15; 3.11.0 before 3.11.10; 3.12.0 before 3.12.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27043
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27043
Vendor Advisory
http://python.org
Exploit
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102988
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZAEFSFZDNBNJPNOUTLG5COISGQDLMGV/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/75DTHSTNOFFNAWHXKMDXS7EJWC6W2FUC/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ARI7VDSNTQVXRQFM6IK5GSSLEIYV4VZH/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAKLUJMHFGVBRDPEY57BJGNCE5UUPHW/
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