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CVE-2014-1838 — logilab-common

MEDIUM

CVE-2014-1838 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.6) CWE-59 vulnerability in logilab-common. A fix is available for logilab-common — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in logilab-commons

Also known asGHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875PYSEC-2014-83
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs28th percentile — riskier than 28% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.28%0.56%0.85%0.0%0.3%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

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Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍logilab-common

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Description

The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIlogilab-commonall versions0.61.0pip install --upgrade 'logilab-common==0.61.0'

Affected Products

2 products · 3 configurations
Application
logilab-commonlogilab
≤ 0.60.0
range
OS
opensuseopensuse
2 versions
12.313.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for logilab-common, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update logilab-common to 0.61.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2014-1838 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.
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CVE-2014-1838: logilab-common — Fixed in 0.61.0