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🛡️ CVE-2026-3479 on Ubuntu — pypy3

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

DISPUTED: The project has clarified that the documentation was incorrect, and that pkgutil.get_data() has the same security model as open(). The documentation has been updated to clarify this point. There is no vulnerability in the function if following the intended security model. pkgutil.get_data() did not validate the resource argument as documented, allowing path traversals.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-3479 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 with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3479 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 18 March 2026 and last revised on 18 June 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)
github.com (Report)
github.com (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:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-18
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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