cve-2023-6507
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-08 18:20
Modified
2024-08-02 08:35
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Groups not dropped before running subprocess when using empty 'extra_groups' parameter
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | Python Software Foundation | CPython |
Version: 3.12.0 Version: 3.13.0a1 |
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