Servers and applications
CVE-2017-17522
Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting
- Severity
- High 8.8
- Published
- 14 Dec 2017
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
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PythonServers and applications · cpe:a:python:python |
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