CVE-2026-5713
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The "profiling.sampling" module (Python 3.15+) and "asyncio introspection capabilities" (3.14+, "python -m asyncio ps" and "python -m asyncio pstree") features could be used to read and write addresses in a privileged process if that process connected to a malicious or "infected" Python process via the remote debugging feature. This vulnerability requires persistently and repeatedly connecting to the process to be exploited, even after the connecting process crashes with high likelihood due to ASLR.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-14 16:16:48.717000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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