Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2026· Updated Jul 9, 2026
RestrictedPython guard hooks can be shadowed via positional-only arguments
CVE-2026-55830
Description
RestrictedPython is a tool that helps to define a subset of the Python language which allows to provide a program input into a trusted environment. Prior to 8.3, check_function_argument_names() rejected protected guard hook names for regular, variadic, and keyword-only arguments but omitted positional-only arguments, allowing __getattr__, _getitem_, _write_, or _print_ to be shadowed by a local parameter and bypass the embedding application's access policy. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.
Affected products
1- Range: <8.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/zopefoundation/RestrictedPython/commit/3737596ec9f28c34a073cc845bd2f4c0a80cb671mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/zopefoundation/RestrictedPython/security/advisories/GHSA-ffg3-p8fm-mjx2mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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