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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| agronholm | anyio | >= 4.14.0, < 4.14.2 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-anyio | 4.15.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | python-anyio | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | python-anyio | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | python-anyio | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | python-anyio | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | python-anyio | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | anyio | >= 4.14.0, < 4.14.2 | 4.14.2 | GHSA-3w57-8xmc-8v26 |