cve-2022-26488
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-07 17:26
Modified
2024-08-03 05:03
Severity ?
Summary
In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce%40python.org/thread/657Z4XULWZNIY5FRP3OWXHYKUSIH6DMN/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0005/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce%40python.org/thread/657Z4XULWZNIY5FRP3OWXHYKUSIH6DMN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0005/Third Party Advisory
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