PYSEC-2026-1062
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/web2py/PYSEC-2026-1062.yaml
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2026-1062
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-07-06T08:03:21.683498Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-07T11:45:30.973148404Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- web2py exposure of sensitive information
- Details
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web2py before 2.14.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the sessioncookiekey value via a direct request to examples/simple_examples/status. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2016-3957.
- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3954
- https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/0820926b500a321060ef6a76ce89fd35a252f8b0
- https://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957
- https://github.com/web2py/web2py
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1
- https://pypi.org/project/web2py
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p
Affected packages
PyPI / web2py
Package
- Name
- web2py
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- Purl
- pkg:pypi/web2py