Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-38526

pdoc API Documentation for Python Projects 'pdoc --math' Vulnerability

Published Jul 9, 2024 · catalog updated Jul 9, 2024 · API Documentation for Python Projects

Patch now

CVE-2024-38526 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm API Documentation for Python Projects against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.83%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor pdoc API Documentation for Python Projects

pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor pdoc API Documentation for Python Projectsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-38526

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-38526 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm API Documentation for Python Projects against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.83%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 9, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code.

  2. Jul 9, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38526

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-38526

    30-day exploitation probability 3.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-38526

    pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.