CVE-2005-0089: Python

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.

Affected products

• Python Python: before 2.3.5 (fixed in 2.3.5); version 2.4.0 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.