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CVE-2020-8315

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8315 describes an insecure dependency loading vulnerability in Python (CPython) versions 3.6 through 3.8.1 on Windows 7, where a malicious api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll could be loaded instead of the legitimate system file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact on integrity (I:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, <= 3.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.7.0, <= 3.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.8.0, <= 3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-8315Moderate

python: unsafe dll loading in getpathp.c on Windows

Jan 21, 2020

References

bugs.python.org / issue39401
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory