CVE-2026-63349

AnyIO run_process/open_process ignores extra_groups and can retain parent supplementary groups

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2026 at 05:02 PM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 02:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAnyio

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

AnyIO is a high level asynchronous concurrency and networking framework that works on top of either Trio or asyncio. In 4.14.0, AnyIO accepts the POSIX extra_groups argument in anyio.run_process() and anyio.open_process(), but open_process() forwards the group argument to the backend instead of extra_groups. A caller that supplies extra_groups=[] to clear inherited supplementary groups can therefore launch a child that retains the parent process groups, undermining a privilege-dropping boundary. If group is also supplied, the integer group value is passed where an iterable of supplementary groups is expected and the launch can fail with TypeError. This issue affects POSIX applications that rely on AnyIO subprocess helpers to launch less-privileged child processes. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.14.2
Affected range stops below 4.14.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-266CWE-269

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