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CVE-2022-48560

high

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

Vendor / product: Python — python

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-08-22 19:16
Modified: 2026-11-02 23:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

python / python <3.6.11, ≥3.7.0 <3.7.7, ≥3.8.0 <3.8.2, 3.9.0
debian / debian_linux 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://bugs.python.org/issue39421
Vendor advisory: https://bugs.python.org/issue39421
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.python.org/issue39421
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.python.org/issue39421

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC · record ↗

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