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CVE-2023-25399

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function. Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a vulnerability. SciPy is not designed to be exposed to untrusted users or data directly.

Affected products

• SciPy: before 1.10.0 — fixed in 1.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SciPy 1.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-25399/
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235#issuecomment-1625361328
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397
• http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-25399/
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235#issuecomment-1625361328
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397

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