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CVE-2021-3426 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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
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1 Nov 2026, 17:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3426 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1

core-osv · Original source

Published 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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    "summary": "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.",
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