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15-Year-Old Unpatched Python Vulnerability Potentially Affects Over 350,000 Projects

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2
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CVE-2022-30333
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As many as 350,000 open source projects are believed to be potentially vulnerable to exploitation as a result of a security flaw in a Python module that has remained unpatched for 15 years. The open source repositories span a number of industry verticals, such as software development, artificial intelligence/machine learning, web development, media, security, and IT management.

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