High, CVSS 8.7PyPIAmendedPublished
Double Free in psutil
CVE-2019-18874 · GHSA-qfc5-mcwq-26q8
- Affected
- PyPI psutil <= 5.6.5
- Fixed in
- 5.6.6· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 5.6.6 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.