CVE-2011-4944: Python

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

Affected products

• Python Python: version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; version 2.6.6 only; …

Published 2012-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.