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Unscored CVE-2020-8315 EUVD-2020-29182GHSA-646c-5wg7-pw2g

In Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may …

Published Jan 28, 2020 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 python3 3.8.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.10 python3 3.7.7-r0 —

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