Privileged memory read and write via unvalidated offsets
Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 2026
Out-of-bounds memory access in CPython before 3.14.5 allows local users to read or write memory in an attaching privileged process. The remote-debug unwinder trusts attacker-controlled offset-table sizes and field offsets when sizing fixed local reads and dereferencing process layouts. Exploitation requires a privileged user to repeatedly attach profiling or asyncio introspection tools to a malicious process despite likely ASLR-induced crashes.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds memory access in CPython before 3.14.5 allows local users to read or write memory in an attaching privileged process. The remote-debug unwinder trusts attacker-controlled offset-table sizes and field offsets when sizing fixed local reads and dereferencing process layouts. Exploitation requires a privileged user to repeatedly attach profiling or asyncio introspection tools to a malicious process despite likely ASLR-induced crashes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-5713
- Published
- Apr 14, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Python Software Foundation
- Product
- CPython
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-125
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Apr 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.14.0 <3.15.0
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