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CVE-2026-3479

low

Description

pkgutil.get_data() did not validate the resource argument as documented, allowing path traversals.

References

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WYLLVQOOCKGK73JM7Z7ZSNOJC4N7BAWY/

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/146122

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/146121

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bcdf231946b1da8bdfbab4c05539bb0cc964a1c7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-18

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018