CVE catalog

CVE-2019-17221

UBUNTU-

[CVE catalog]

PhantomJS through 2.1.1 has an arbitrary file read vulnerability, as demonstrated by an XMLHttpRequest for a file:// URI. The vulnerability exists in the page.open() function of the webpage module, which loads a specified URL and calls a given callback. An attacker can supply a specially crafted HTML file, as user input, that allows reading arbitrary files on the filesystem. For example, if page.render() is the function callback, this generates a PDF or an image of the targeted file. NOTE: this product is no longer developed.

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
3.42% · Oct 27, 2026

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu20.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu20.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu18.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs1.9.0-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs2.0.0+dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Provider details and historical evidence
Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs1.9.0-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs2.0.0+dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu16.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu18.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu20.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Ubuntu20.04phantomjs2.1.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221]
Original provider fields
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      "release": "18.04",
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  ]
}

OpenFactory catalog packages

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Observed:

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]