CVE-2023-33733

Exp

Reportlab up to v3.6.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via supplying a crafted PDF file.

Published: 2023-06-05 Last update: 2025-01-08 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-33733 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.25%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-33733

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-33733

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 30.23% 2.25% -27.97%
2 2026-06-04 28.65% 30.23% +1.58%
3 2026-06-03 — 28.65% —

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-33733

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-33733

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-33733

GHSA-9q9m-c65c-37pq · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Reportlab vulnerable to remote code execution

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-33733

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-33733 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-reportlab), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-33733
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-33733
suse critical — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-33733/
ubuntu high CVE-2023-33733 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-reportlab), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 10, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33733

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-33733

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
reportlab reportlab <= 3.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:reportlab:reportlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-33733

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