CVE-2025-8291 (GCVE-0-2025-8291)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-07 18:10
Modified
2025-10-29 15:15
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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Python Software Foundation CPython Version: 0
Version: 3.10.0
Version: 3.11.0
Version: 3.12.0
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