GHSA-67cx-rhhq-mfhq
High severity vulnerability that affects indico
GHSA-67cx-rhhq-mfhq is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in indico, published October 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in indico 2.1.10.
- Severity
- UnratedNo CVSS score yet
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
2.1.10indico +3 more
Description
Local file disclosure through LaTeX injection
Impact
An external audit of the Indico codebase has discovered a vulnerability in Indico's LaTeX sanitization code, which could have malicious users to run unsafe LaTeX commands on the server. Such commands allowed for example to read local files (e.g. indico.conf).
As far as we know it is not possible to write files or execute code using this vulnerability.
Patches
You need to update to Indico 2.2.3 as soon as possible. We also released Indico 2.1.10 in case you cannot update to 2.2 for some reason. See https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ for instructions on how to update.
Workarounds
Setting XELATEX_PATH = None in indico.conf will result in an error when building a PDF, but without being able to run xelatex, the vulnerability cannot be abused.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a thread in our forum
- Email us privately at indico-team@cern.ch
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
indicoPyPI | before 2.1.10 | 2.1.10 |
indicoPyPI | 2.2.0 up to 2.2.3 | 2.2.3 |
indicoPyPI | before 2.1.10, plus listed versions 0.98-rc10.98.00.98.10.98.20.99 Show 45 moreShow less1.01.11.1.11.1.21.21.2.11.2.1rc101.2.1rc111.2.1rc21.2.1rc41.2.1rc51.2.1rc61.2.1rc71.2.1rc91.2.21.2.2rc11.9.11.dev101.9.11.dev111.9.11.dev121.9.11.dev131.9.11.dev141.9.11.dev151.9.11.dev161.9.11.dev171.9.11.dev31.9.11.dev41.9.11.dev61.9.11.dev71.9.11.dev81.9.11.dev92.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.0a12.0rc12.0rc22.12.1.12.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1.7 | 2.1.10 |
indicoPyPI | 2.2.0 up to 2.2.3, plus listed versions 2.22.2.12.2.2 | 2.2.3 |
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
High severity vulnerability that affects indico
Local file disclosure through LaTeX injection
Impact
An external audit of the Indico codebase has discovered a vulnerability in Indico's LaTeX sanitization code, which could have malicious users to run unsafe LaTeX commands on the server. Such commands allowed for example to read local files (e.g. indico.conf).
As far as we know it is not possible to write files or execute code using this vulnerability.
Patches
You need to update to Indico 2.2.3 as soon as possible. We also released Indico 2.1.10 in case you cannot update to 2.2 for some reason. See https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ for instructions on how to update.
Workarounds
Setting XELATEX_PATH = None in indico.conf will result in an error when building a PDF, but without being able to run xelatex, the vulnerability cannot be abused.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a thread in our forum
- Email us privately at indico-team@cern.ch
- Record
GHSA-67cx-rhhq-mfhq- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
High severity vulnerability that affects indico
Local file disclosure through LaTeX injection
Impact
An external audit of the Indico codebase has discovered a vulnerability in Indico's LaTeX sanitization code, which could have malicious users to run unsafe LaTeX commands on the server. Such commands allowed for example to read local files (e.g. indico.conf).
As far as we know it is not possible to write files or execute code using this vulnerability.
Patches
You need to update to Indico 2.2.3 as soon as possible. We also released Indico 2.1.10 in case you cannot update to 2.2 for some reason. See https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ for instructions on how to update.
Workarounds
Setting XELATEX_PATH = None in indico.conf will result in an error when building a PDF, but without being able to run xelatex, the vulnerability cannot be abused.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a thread in our forum
- Email us privately at indico-team@cern.ch
- Record
GHSA-67cx-rhhq-mfhq- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
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