BIT-libpython-2022-48566

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    BIT-libpython-2022-48566

    Published: 11 Aug 2025Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest.

    References: https://bugs.python.org/issue40791, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00022.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48566, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0013/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpython

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/libpython

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.13

    Affected versions

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