[CVE-2026-12003] Python Software Foundation - Python 3.11.0a3 to 3.15.0b2
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Summary
Bishop Fox discloses CVE-2026-12003, a Windows-only CPython path-construction flaw letting a low-privilege user hijack execution when a privileged account runs Python; fixed in 3.13.15, 3.14.7 and 3.15.0b3.
- CVE
- CVE-2026-12003
- CVSS
- 5.3
- Published
- Collected
--- id: 6493 title: "[CVE-2026-12003] Python Software Foundation - Python 3.11.0a3 to 3.15.0b2" cve: CVE-2026-12003 cvss: 5.3 severity: medium source_domain: bishopfox.com source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/python-software-foundation-python-3-11-0a3-to-3-15-0b2" published_at: "2026-08-06T00:00:00Z" tags: ["privilege-escalation", "windows", "python", "vulnerability", "bishop-fox", "cve-2026-12003"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6493" lang: en --- # [CVE-2026-12003] Python Software Foundation - Python 3.11.0a3 to 3.15.0b2 ## Summary Bishop Fox discloses CVE-2026-12003, a Windows-only CPython path-construction flaw letting a low-privilege user hijack execution when a privileged account runs Python; fixed in 3.13.15, 3.14.7 and 3.15.0b3. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** bishopfox.com - **CVE:** CVE-2026-12003 - **CVSS:** 5.3 - **Published:** 2026-08-06T00:00:00Z - **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/python-software-foundation-python-3-11-0a3-to-3-15-0b2 - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6493