<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>python</code> to version 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2024-2400</code>.</p>

Race Condition Affecting python package, versions <0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity High

Confidentiality High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.06% (23^rd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-PYTHON-6149206
published 10 Jan 2024
disclosed 22 Aug 2023

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Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-48566 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python to version 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2400.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python package and not the python package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.