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CVE-2018-1060

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

CVSS Base Score
7.5

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

Exploit Probability
92%EPSS PERCENTILE0100

More exploitable than 92% of all CVEs · Top 8%

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Details
Published
2018-06-18
Last modified
2026-10-08
Affected
Python
References
NVD Detail OSV.dev GitHub Advisories

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