Executive brief
PyInstaller has local privilege escalation vulnerability
Affected products
- PyPI pyinstaller
Junglewise Threat Intelligence
CVE-2025-59042: PYSEC-2026-1813 - PyInstaller has local privilege escalation vulnerability
CVE-2025-59042 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-07-07
Technologies: pyinstaller (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.
Related threats
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