Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting python package, versions [,3.5.10-rc1)[3.6.0-a1,3.6.11)[3.7.0-a1,3.7.9)[3.8.0-a1,3.8.4)[3.9.0-a1,3.9.0-b5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (58th 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 3.5.10-rc1, 3.6.11, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, 3.9.0-b5 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 Base Scores

version 3.1