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CVE-2026-3479

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Description

DISPUTED: The project has clarified that the documentation was incorrect, and that pkgutil.get_data() has the same security model as open(). The documentation has been updated to clarify this point. There is no vulnerability in the function if following the intended security model. pkgutil.get_data() did not validate the resource argument as documented, allowing path traversals.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/18/2026

Last Modified4/7/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5af6ce3e7b643a30a02d22245c1e3f4a8bc0a1fe(cna@python.org)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bcdf231946b1da8bdfbab4c05539bb0cc964a1c7(cna@python.org)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cf59bf76470f3d75ad47d80ffb8ce76b64b5e943(cna@python.org)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d786d59a8f7196bb630100a869f28ad13436b59c(cna@python.org)

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/146121(cna@python.org)

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/146122(cna@python.org)

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WYLLVQOOCKGK73JM7Z7ZSNOJC4N7BAWY/(cna@python.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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