CVE-2020-15523 (GCVE-0-2020-15523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-04 22:54 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:15
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Summary
In Python 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.8, 3.8 through 3.8.4rc1, and 3.9 through 3.9.0b4 on Windows, a Trojan horse python3.dll might be used in cases where CPython is embedded in a native application. This occurs because python3X.dll may use an invalid search path for python3.dll loading (after Py_SetPath has been used). NOTE: this issue CANNOT occur when using python.exe from a standard (non-embedded) Python installation on Windows.
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CWE
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