INFSA-2021:4201: babel security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2021:4201

Type: security

Release date: 2025-10-31 13:08:11 UTC

Information about package

Babel provides tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs, and a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository), providing access to various locale display names, localized number and date formatting, etc.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2021-20095

    A flaw was found in python-babel. A path traversal vulnerability was found in how locale data files are checked and loaded within python-babel, allowing a local attacker to trick an application that uses python-babel to load a file outside of the intended locale directory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as service availability.

  • CVE-2021-42771

    A flaw was found in python-babel. A path traversal vulnerability was found in how locale data files are checked and loaded within python-babel, allowing a local attacker to trick an application that uses python-babel to load a file outside of the intended locale directory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as service availability.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 7.8 no information
no information 7.8 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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