Description
The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.
References (19)
Core 19
Core References
Issue Tracking patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122134
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122133
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0004/
Various Sources vendor-advisory
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WYKDQWIERRE2ICIYMSVRZJO33GSCWU2B/
Scores
CVSS v4
5.1
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (6)
Python Software Foundation/CPython
< 3.8.20
Python Software Foundation/CPython
3.10.0 - 3.10.15
Python Software Foundation/CPython
3.11.0 - 3.11.10
Python Software Foundation/CPython
3.12.0 - 3.12.5
Python Software Foundation/CPython
3.13.0a1 - 3.13.0rc1
Python Software Foundation/CPython
3.9.0 - 3.9.20
Published
Jul 29, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026