UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55830 (CVE-2026-55830)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-07-08 22:17 – Updated: 2026-09-23 23:31 – Source websiteRestrictedPython is a tool that helps to define a subset of the Python language which allows to provide a program input into a trusted environment. Prior to 8.3, check_function_argument_names() rejected protected guard hook names for regular, variadic, and keyword-only arguments but omitted positional-only arguments, allowing getattr, getitem, write, or print to be shadowed by a local parameter and bypass the embedding application's access policy. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.
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"package": {
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"binary_version": "6.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1"
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
"name": "restrictedpython",
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"package": {
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "RestrictedPython is a tool that helps to define a subset of the Python language which allows to provide a program input into a trusted environment. Prior to 8.3, check_function_argument_names() rejected protected guard hook names for regular, variadic, and keyword-only arguments but omitted positional-only arguments, allowing __getattr__, _getitem_, _write_, or _print_ to be shadowed by a local parameter and bypass the embedding application\u0027s access policy. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55830",
"modified": "2026-09-23T23:31:22Z",
"published": "2026-07-08T22:17:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-55830"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55830"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/zopefoundation/RestrictedPython/security/advisories/GHSA-ffg3-p8fm-mjx2"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
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]
}
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