CVE-2026-5713
Out-of-bounds read/write during remote profiling and asyncio process introspection when connecting to malicious target
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Description
The Python remote debugging feature could be used to read and write addresses in a privileged process if that process connected to a malicious or "infected" Python process via the remote debugging feature. This vulnerability requires persistently and repeatedly connecting to the process to be exploited, even after the connecting process crashes with high likelihood due to ASLR.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148187
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/289fd2c97a7e5aecb8b69f94f5e838ccfeee7e67
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/OG4RHARYSNIE22GGOMVMCRH76L5HKPLM/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/316f6265b7f9ca4ffed5346b747475ef1943f35d
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