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GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346

CRITICAL

GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in zodb3. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Zope Object Database (ZODB) vulnerable to arbitrary Python code execution in ZEO storage servers

Also known asCVE-2009-0668PYSEC-2009-8
Published
May 2, 2022
Updated
Nov 19, 2024
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐍zodb3

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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Zope Object Database (ZODB) before 3.8.2, when certain Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO) database sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via vectors involving the ZEO network protocol.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIzodb3all versions3.8.2

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for zodb3. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update zodb3 to 3.8.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Unspecified vulnerability in Zope Object Database (ZODB) before 3.8.2, when certain Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO) database sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via vectors involving the ZEO network protocol.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-4x83-5gw5-q346 across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.