CVE-2020-15801

Published 17 Jul 2020 · Updated 14 Oct 2026

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 3.6%

In Python 3.8.4, sys.path restrictions specified in a python38._pth file are ignored, allowing code to be loaded from arbitrary locations. The <executable-name>._pth file (e.g., the python._pth file) is not affected.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

References

https://bugs.python.org/issue41304 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21495 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0003/