Security advisory

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  "id": "ea00806b61ed0dc90cdd45a973be6207960b0ada50cf0ee5df07c524b625808f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25399",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-25399",
    "summary": "A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function. Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a vulnerability. SciPy is not designed to be exposed to untrusted users or data directly.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-25399",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-25399",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-25399",
        "GHSA-9jx5-6pgf-crrp",
        "PYSEC-2023-102"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/scipy/scipy",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dde50595862a4f9cede24b5d1c86935c30f1f88a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:scipy:scipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "1.10.0"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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            "v1.10.0rc1",
            "v0.17pre",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-25399.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:47.915483687Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25399.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25399",
        "https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235",
        "https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235#issuecomment-1625361328",
        "https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25399.json"
      }
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2023-25399",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 515912,
  "published_at": "2023-07-05T00:00:00+00:00"
}