First published: Tue Jan 28 2020(Updated: )
Python could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Python Python | >=3.6.0<=3.6.10 | |
Python Python | >=3.7.0<=3.7.6 | |
Python Python | >=3.8.0<=3.8.1 |
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The vulnerability ID of this security issue in Python is CVE-2020-8315.
CVE-2020-8315 has a severity rating of 9.8, which is considered critical.
Python versions 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 are affected by CVE-2020-8315.
CVE-2020-8315 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
To fix CVE-2020-8315, it is recommended to update to a patched version of Python.