Vulnerability in Python

CVE-2011-4944

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Python — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References