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🛡️ CVE-2026-0864 on Ubuntu — python2.7

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

When using the "configparser" module to write configuration files containing multi-line text values with carriage return characters (\r) the resulting file could be injected with unexpected keys and values if the attacker controls the written value.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-0864 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package python2.7. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-0864 is recorded against 12 packages.

  • python2.7
  • python3.10
  • python3.11
  • python3.12
  • python3.13
  • python3.14
  • python3.4
  • python3.5
  • python3.6
  • python3.7
  • python3.8
  • python3.9

Timeline and source

Published on 23 June 2026 and last revised on 20 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

python2.7 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-20
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python2.7
python3.10
python3.11
python3.12
python3.13
python3.14
python3.4
python3.5
python3.6
python3.7
python3.8
python3.9

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