{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "3.6.3"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2c5fed86e0cbba5a4e34792b0083128ce659909d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting",
  "id": "CVE-2017-17522",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:53:01.398213556Z",
  "published": "2017-12-14T16:29:00.713Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.python.org/issue32367"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}