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🛡️ CVE-2026-3446 on Ubuntu — pypy3

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

When calling base64.b64decode() or related functions the decoding process would stop after encountering the first padded quad regardless of whether there was more information to be processed. This can lead to data being accepted which may be processed differently by other implementations. Use "validate=True" to enable stricter processing of base64 data.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-3446 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package pypy3. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3446 is recorded against 13 packages.

  • pypy3
  • python2.7
  • python3.10
  • python3.11
  • python3.12
  • python3.13
  • python3.14
  • python3.4
  • python3.5
  • python3.6
  • python3.7
  • python3.8
  • python3.9

Timeline and source

Published on 10 April 2026 and last revised on 27 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
mail.python.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

pypy3 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2026-3446 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pypy3 — —
python2.7 — —
python3.10 — —
python3.11 — —
python3.12 — —
python3.13 — —
python3.14 — —
python3.4 — —
python3.5 — —
python3.6 — —
python3.7 — —
python3.8 — —
python3.9 — —

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