CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-15801
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-07-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
In Python 3.8.4, sys.path restrictions specified in a python38._pth file are ignored, allowing code to be loaded from arbitrary locations. The <executable-name>._pth file (e.g., the python._pth file) is not affected.
Affected configurations
• python python (>= 3.7.0 < 3.7.9)
• python python (>= 3.8.0 < 3.8.5)
• netapp max data
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue41304 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21495 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.python.org/issue41304 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21495 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cert-portal.siemens.com