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CVE-2022-26488

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-10 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an administrator must have installed Python for all users and enabled PATH entries. A non-administrative user can trigger a repair that incorrectly adds user-writable paths into PATH, enabling search-path hijacking of other users and system services. This affects Python (CPython) through 3.7.12, 3.8.x through 3.8.12, 3.9.x through 3.9.10, and 3.10.x through 3.10.2.

Affected products

• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility: all versions
• Python: through 3.7.12; from 3.8.0 through 3.8.12; from 3.9.0 through 3.9.10; from 3.10.0 through 3.10.2; 3.11.0-alpha1, 3.11.0-alpha2, 3.11.0-alpha3, 3.11.0-alpha4, 3.11.0-alpha5, 3.11.0-alpha6

References

• https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce%40python.org/thread/657Z4XULWZNIY5FRP3OWXHYKUSIH6DMN/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0005/
• https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce%40python.org/thread/657Z4XULWZNIY5FRP3OWXHYKUSIH6DMN/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0005/
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

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