CVE-2026-0864 (GCVE-0-2026-0864)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-23 17:42
Modified
2026-08-13 00:29
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
When using the "configparser" module to write configuration files
containing multi-line text values with carriage return characters (\r) the
resulting file could be injected with unexpected keys and values if the
attacker controls the written value.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython |
Version: 0 Version: 3.11.0 Version: 3.12.0 Version: 3.13.0 Version: 3.14.0 Version: 3.15.0a1 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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