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CVE-2026-63349 (GCVE-0-2026-63349)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 17:02 – Updated: 2026-09-18 17:02
VLAI
Title
AnyIO run_process/open_process ignores extra_groups and can retain parent supplementary groups
Summary
AnyIO is a high level asynchronous concurrency and networking framework that works on top of either Trio or asyncio. In 4.14.0, AnyIO accepts the POSIX extra_groups argument in anyio.run_process() and anyio.open_process(), but open_process() forwards the group argument to the backend instead of extra_groups. A caller that supplies extra_groups=[] to clear inherited supplementary groups can therefore launch a child that retains the parent process groups, undermining a privilege-dropping boundary. If group is also supplied, the integer group value is passed where an iterable of supplementary groups is expected and the launch can fail with TypeError. This issue affects POSIX applications that rely on AnyIO subprocess helpers to launch less-privileged child processes. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.2.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
agronholm anyio Affected: >= 4.14.0, < 4.14.2
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