Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting python package, versions [3.6.0,3.6.11)[3.7.0,3.7.9)[3.8.0,3.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317665
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed4 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15523  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 3.6.11, 3.7.9, 3.8.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. In Python 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.8, 3.8 through 3.8.4rc1, and 3.9 through 3.9.0b4 on Windows, a Trojan horse python3.dll might be used in cases where CPython is embedded in a native application. This occurs because python3X.dll may use an invalid search path for python3.dll loading (after Py_SetPath has been used). NOTE: this issue CANNOT occur when using python.exe from a standard (non-embedded) Python installation on Windows.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1