| Name | CVE-2022-26488 |
| Description | In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| python2.7 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.18-8+deb11u1 | fixed |
| python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| python2.7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| python3.10 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| python3.5 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| python3.7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| python3.9 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- python3.10 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.9 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.7 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.5 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python2.7 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)