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ALPINE-CVE-2025-4516
ALPINE-CVE-2025-4516
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
There is an issue in CPython when using `bytes.decode("unicode_escape", error="ignore|replace")`. If you are not using the "unicode_escape" encoding or an error handler your usage is not affected. To work-around this issue you may stop using the error= handler and instead wrap the bytes.decode() call in a try-except catching the DecodeError.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.18 | python3 | 3.11.4-r0, 0, 3.9.7-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | python3 | 3.9.7-r2, 3.11.8-r0, 3.11.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | python3 | 3.10.3-r0, 0, 3.9.7-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | python3 | 0, 0, 3.1.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | python3 | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | python3 | 3.8.8-r0, 3.11.3-r3, 3.11.3-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | python3 | 3.5.0-r0, 3.5.1-r0, 3.5.1-r1 |
Timeline
- May 15, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated