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CVE-2025-12781 base64.b64decode() always accepts "+/" characters, despite setting altchars

🗓️ 21 Jan 2026 19:34:47Reported by PSFType 
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CVE-2025-12781 base64 decoding accepts plus and slash regardless of altchars; patch deprecates this behavior.

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  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "base64"
    ],
    "product": "CPython",
    "repo": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
    "vendor": "Python Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.13.10",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "version": "3.14.0",
        "lessThan": "3.14.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "version": "3.15.0a1",
        "lessThan": "3.15.0a2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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22 Jan 2026 20:12Current
CVSS 46.3
EPSS0.00561
SSVC
413