CVE-2022-45305

Medium

Description

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Python3 package v3.11.0 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the subfolder C:\Python311 and all files located in that folder.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductChocolatey Python3
PublishedNov 29, 2022
First seenNov 29, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-732CWE-732

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
chocolatey chocolatey_python3v ≤ 3.11.0—

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