CVE-2020-28468

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

This affects the package pwntools before 4.3.1. The shellcraft generator for affected versions of this module are vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI), which can lead to remote code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	pwntools	>= unspecified, < 4.3.1

References

https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/issues/1427Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/1732Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PWNTOOLS-1047345Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/issues/1427Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/1732Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PWNTOOLS-1047345Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 8, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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