{"cve":"CVE-2026-5713","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-14T16:16:48.717","modified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.170","status":"Awaiting Analysis","description":"The \"profiling.sampling\" module (Python 3.15+) and \"asyncio introspection capabilities\" (3.14+, \"python -m asyncio ps\" and \"python -m asyncio pstree\") features could be used to read and write addresses in a privileged process if that process connected to a malicious or \"infected\" Python process via the remote debugging feature. This vulnerability requires persistently and repeatedly connecting to the process to be exploited, even after the connecting process crashes with high likelihood due to ASLR.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":5.3},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-121","CWE-125"],"references":["https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/289fd2c97a7e5aecb8b69f94f5e838ccfeee7e67","https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/316f6265b7f9ca4ffed5346b747475ef1943f35d","https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/148178","https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148187","https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/OG4RHARYSNIE22GGOMVMCRH76L5HKPLM/"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T21:38:48.864438205+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-5713","score":0.00132,"percentile":0.02775,"date":"2026-10-26"},"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."]}