CVE-2009-2701

Unspecified vulnerability in the Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO) storage-server functionality in Zope Object Database (ZODB) 3.8 before 3.8.3 and 3.9.x before 3.9.0c2, when certain ZEO database sharing and blob support are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

Published: 2009-09-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2701 is rated Moderate Risk (44.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2701

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.42% 0.97% +0.55%
2 2025-03-30 1.25% 0.42% -0.83%
3 2025-03-29 1.25%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2701

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2701

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-2701

GHSA-m52m-2qpx-9j4j · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Zope Object Database (ZODB) Arbitrary files reading and deletion

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2701

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2701
ubuntu low CVE-2009-2701 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zodb), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2701

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2701

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zope zodb 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0b1 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0b2 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0b3 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0b4 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0b4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0b5 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zope zodb 3.9.0c1 cpe:2.3:a:zope:zodb:3.9.0c1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2701

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