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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2025-08-11 13:51

Modified

2025-08-11 14:19

Summary

Details

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.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "libpython",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/libpython"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.10"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.6.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.6.12"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.7.9"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.8.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-15523"
  ],
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      "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-libpython-2020-15523",
  "modified": "2025-08-11T14:19:40.295Z",
  "published": "2025-08-11T13:51:30.254Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15523"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0004/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2"
}

CVE-2020-15523 (GCVE-0-2020-15523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-04 22:54 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:15

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.python.org/issue29778	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21297	x_refsource_MISC
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021031…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2020-15523 (GCVE-0-2020-15523)

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