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Servers and applications

CVE-2023-40217

An issue was discovered in Python before 3.8.18, 3.9.x before 3.9.18, 3.10.x before 3.10.13, and 3.11.x before 3.11.5. It primarily affects servers (such as HTTP servers) that use TLS client authentication. If a TLS server-side socket is created, receives data into the socket buffer, and then is closed quickly, there is a brief window where the SSLSocket instance will detect the socket as "not…

Severity
Medium 5.3
Published
25 Aug 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
3.8.18, 3.9.18, 3.10.13, 3.11.5
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
PythonServers and applications · cpe:a:python:python
  • Every version before 3.8.18
  • From 3.9.0 before 3.9.18
  • From 3.10.0 before 3.10.13
  • From 3.11.0 before 3.11.5

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40217
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40217