BIT-python-min-2020-15523

BIT-python-min-2020-15523 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

In Python 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.8, 3.8 through 3.8.4rc1, and 3.9 through 3.9.0b4 on Windows, a Trojan horse python3.dll might be used in cases where CPython is embedded in a native application. This occurs because python3X.dll may use an invalid search path for python3.dll loading (after Py_SetPath has been used). NOTE: this issue CANNOT occur when using python.exe from a standard (non-embedded) Python installation on Windows.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Bitnami	python-min	3.5.0, 3.6.0, 3.7.0

Timeline

Jan 16, 2025 CVE Published
Aug 11, 2025 CVE Updated

References

https://bugs.python.org/issue29778 url
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21297 url
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0004/ url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15523 url

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