# CVE-2020-10735: A flaw was found in python.

- Also known as: BIT-LIBPYTHON-2020-10735, BIT-PYTHON-2020-10735, BIT-PYTHON-MIN-2020-10735, PSF-2022-4
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.14, 3.8.14, 3.9.14, 3.10.7
- Published: 2022-09-09 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a python: python 3.7
- libpython (Bitnami): from 3.7.0, fixed in 3.7.14; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.14; from 3.9.0, fixed in 3.9.14; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.7
- python (Bitnami): from 3.7.0, fixed in 3.7.14; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.14; from 3.9.0, fixed in 3.9.14; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.7
- python-min (Bitnami): from 3.7.0, fixed in 3.7.14; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.14; from 3.9.0, fixed in 3.9.14; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.7

## Description

A flaw was found in python. In algorithms with quadratic time complexity using non-binary bases, when using int("text"), a system could take 50ms to parse an int string with 100,000 digits and 5s for 1,000,000 digits (float, decimal, int.from_bytes(), and int() for binary bases 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 are not affected). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a python, libpython, python or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.14, 3.8.14, 3.9.14, 3.10.7) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10735
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/95778
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KjuF_aXlzPUxTK4BMgezGJ2Pn7uevfX7g0_mvgHlL7Y
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834423
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EWKR2SPX3JORLWCXFY3KN2U5B5CIUQQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2VCU6EVQDIXNCEDJUCTFIER2WVNNDTYZ/
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/32AAQKABEKFCB5DDV5OONRZK6BS23HPW/
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OKYE2DOI2X7WZXAWTQJZAXYIWM37HDCY/
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