Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-15801

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.6% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)3.6%top 10.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugs.python.org/issue41304 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21495 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html