CVE-2023-41419

Publication date 25 September 2023

Last updated 13 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

An issue in Gevent before version 23.9.0 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the WSGIServer component.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-gevent 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 21.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 1.4.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-gevent

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-9083-1
    • gevent vulnerability
    • 12 November 2026

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