# CVE-2023-38898: An issue in Python cpython v.3.7 allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via the \_asyncio.\_swap\_current\_task component.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-15 · Updated: 2024-10-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue in Python cpython v.3.7 allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via the _asyncio._swap_current_task component. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because (1) neither 3.7 nor any other release is affected (it is a bug in some 3.12 pre-releases); (2) there are no common scenarios in which an adversary can call _asyncio._swap_current_task but does not already have the ability to call arbitrary functions; and (3) there are no common scenarios in which sensitive information, which is not already accessible to an adversary, becomes accessible through this bug.

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## References

- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/105987

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