{"cve":"CVE-2008-5983","nvd":{"published":"2009-01-28T02:30:00.233","modified":"2026-06-16T23:01:21.217","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-426"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/34522","http://secunia.com/advisories/40194","http://secunia.com/advisories/42888","http://secunia.com/advisories/50858"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","python:python"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5983","score":0.00491,"percentile":0.4221,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}