Vulnerability in Python Software Foundation Cpython

CVE-2026-2297

The import hook in CPython that handles legacy *.pyc files (SourcelessFileLoader) is incorrectly handled in FileLoader (a base class) and so does not use io.open_code() to read the .pyc files. sys.audit handlers for this audit event therefore do not fire.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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