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TI-2018-15922 Aliases CVE-2018-1000523GHSA-h6h9-pphv-m266

topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in…

Priority LOW 38CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ListFormatParser::parse, file topydo/lib/ListFormat.py line 292 as of d4f843dac71308b2f29a7c2cdc76f055c3841523 that can result in Injection of arbitrary bytes to the terminal, including terminal escape code sequences. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must open a todo.txt with at least one specially crafted line..

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01147 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—topydo (PyPI)up to 0.13—No fix listedGHSA-h6h9-pphv-m266
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • topydo (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.13 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-h6h9-pphv-m266

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:topydo:topydo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableTopydo
  • cpe:2.3:a:topydo:topydo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Topydo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000523
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6h9-pphv-m266

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

Sources

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