CVE-2021-3426 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.
- Products
- python-py
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3426
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2021-3426 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 May 2021, 13:15 UTC
There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.
osv:AZL-109635
python-py
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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