pypi package report

Is Pygments safe?

5 known vulnerabilities, worst severity CRITICAL.

cvss

9.0

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss

6.7%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score

5.7

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-fff8-4w9p-7v76, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-fff8-4w9p-7v76

CRITICALCVE-2015-8557

The FontManager.getnixfontpath function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

Affected: >= 1.2.2, < 2.1
Fixed in: 2.1
Weakness: CWE-78
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: github

GHSA NVD MITRE reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference reference

// dependencies

0 direct

// ai model usage

No published models are known to use this package.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 01:35 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2026-03-22. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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