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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-77401 EUVD-2026-80790GHSA-pq59-9fq7-m886PYSEC-2026-4022

Zope AccessControl: Information disclosure through Python string `format` and `format_map` functions

Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Zope AccessControl provides a general security framework for use in Zope. Prior to 7.4, applications that allow untrusted users to create and execute AccessControl-controlled Python code do not safely guard str.format and str.format_map when those methods are reached through a str subclass. In both ImplPython.py and cAccessControl.c, Python formatting can recursively access attributes and subscriptions using unrestricted getattr and getitem behavior instead of the policy-restricted getattr and getitem operations. A controlled format string can therefore disclose objects reachable from values available to the formatting operation. This issue is fixed in version 7.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zopefoundation AccessControl < 7.4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI accesscontrol < 7.4 7.4 GHSA-pq59-9fq7-m886

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