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CVE-2009-5042

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

python-docutils allows insecure usage of temporary files

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Python-Docutils Project Python-Docutils: 0.5-2

References

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5042
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5042

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