CVE-2020-8315: Python

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.

Affected products

• Python Python: from 3.6.0, up to and including 3.6.10; from 3.7.0, up to and including 3.7.6; from 3.8.0, up to and including 3.8.1

Published 2020-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.