ALPINE-CVE-2026-2297

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CVE-2026-2297
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 23:16
Last modified:15 Jun 2026, 18:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
5.7 MEDIUM
4.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Mar 2026, 23:16
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
15 Jun 2026, 18:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The import hook in CPython that handles legacy *.pyc files (SourcelessFileLoader) is incorrectly handled in FileLoader (a base class) and so does not use io.open_code() to read the .pyc files. sys.audit handlers for this audit event therefore do not fire.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.14.5-r0

References (1)