---
id: CVE-2009-2959
aliases:
  - GHSA-jqqh-999x-w26w
  - PYSEC-2009-1
title: Buildbot Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
summary: Buildbot Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
vendor: buildbot
product: buildbot
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'buildbot >= 0.7.6, < 0.7.11p3'
patched:
  - buildbot 0.7.11p3
published: '2022-05-02'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:49:39.160640115Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jqqh-999x-w26w'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2959'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/commit/a08ee48e796ae66c54fca6a087b4adce7d1d6c06
  - url: 'https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/buildbot/PYSEC-2009-1.yaml
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20101118080215/http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2352
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20111225112636/http://secunia.com/advisories/36352
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20111225123121/http://secunia.com/advisories/36418
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20200228175025/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36100
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00978.html
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00985.html
  - url: 'http://buildbot.net/trac#SecurityAlert'
  - url: >-
      http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=42338fbf0908121232mb790a6cn787ac3de90e8bc31%40mail.gmail.com
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.02008
epssPercentile: 0.79981
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.707Z'
---

## Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the waterfall web status view (`status/web/waterfall.py`) in Buildbot 0.7.6 through 0.7.11p1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

## Affected packages

- `buildbot >= 0.7.6, < 0.7.11p3`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `buildbot 0.7.11p3`