# Python 3.8 3.8.7

Python 3.8 3.8.7, released December 21, 2020, fixes 4 CVEs in Python 3.8. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. The latest Python 3.8 is 3.8.10, which also fixes every one of these CVEs.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/python.python.3.8-3.8.7
- Platform: Windows apps
- Released: Dec 21, 2020
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2020-27619, high severity)
- CVEs: 4, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Superseded by: [Python 3.8 3.8.10](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/windows-app/python-3.8.md), the latest version, which also fixes every CVE listed here

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [Python 3.8](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/windows-app/python-3.8.md) |  | 3.8.7 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2020-27619](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2020-27619.md) | High | Python 3.7 and 3 others: In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content… | 9.8 | 0.0833 |  |
| [CVE-2022-48565](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2022-48565.md) | High | Python 3.7 and 4 others: An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. | 9.8 | 0.0523 |  |
| [CVE-2022-48564](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2022-48564.md) | Routine | Python 3.7 and 4 others: read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and… | 6.5 | 0.0165 |  |
| [CVE-2022-48566](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2022-48566.md) | Routine | Python 3.7 and 4 others: An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. | 5.9 | 0.0130 |  |

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