GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.6) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in memray. A fix is available for memray — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Stored XSS in Memray-generated HTML reports via unescaped command-line metadata
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Summary
Prior to Memray 1.19.2, Memray rendered the command line of the tracked process directly into generated HTML reports without escaping. Because there was no escaping, attacker-controlled command line arguments were inserted as raw HTML into the generated report.
This allowed JavaScript execution when a victim opened the generated report in a browser.
Affected Version
- Memray version:
1.19.1and earlier
Remediation
Upgrade to Memray 1.19.2, and avoid attaching Memray to untrusted processes until you have upgraded.
Root Cause
Jinja is used to embed the process's command line arguments into the generated flame graph or table report. Memray has not been telling Jinja to HTML escape the command line arguments when writing them into the HTML, leading to a stored XSS vulnerability.
Impact
An attacker who can influence the script name or command-line arguments of a profiled program can inject HTML/JavaScript into Memray-generated HTML reports (both memray flamegraph and memray table reports, both with and without --no-web). When a victim opens the generated report in a browser, the injected JavaScript executes in the context of the report.
Note that in the case of memray attach, the user attaching Memray and generating the report may be a different user than the one who ran the command and set up the command line arguments.
Proof of Concept
Run Memray on a script with an attacker-controlled filename:
touch '<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>'
python -m memray run -o poc.bin '<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>'
Generate a report:
python -m memray flamegraph -o poc.html poc.bin
Observed Result
The generated HTML contains raw unescaped attacker-controlled HTML.
Opening or reloading the generated report in a browser triggers JavaScript execution.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | memray | all versions | 1.19.2pip install --upgrade 'memray==1.19.2' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for memray, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update memray to 1.19.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
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.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-r5pr-887v-m2w9 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.