CVE-2022-35861 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting pyenv versions 1.2.24 through 2.3.2. It allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary shims by crafting a malicious .python-version file, leading to relative path traversal. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.2.24, <= 2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pyenv:pyenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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