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CVE-2025-71176
Vulnerability in pytest (CVE-2025-71176)
Summary
vulnerability in pytest (CVE-2025-71176). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `9.0.3` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-71176** has been found in pytest.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade pytest to **9.0.3** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "pytest CVE-2025-71176" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-71176 (pytest) — CWE-379 /
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `9.0.3` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-379) exists in pytest.
📍 Affected scope
pytest — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **9.0.3**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'pytest' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'pytest' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `pytest` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade pytest to 9.0.3ステージング環境で 9.0.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
pytest
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.0.3"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71176
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g
- package https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytes
- package https://pypi.org/project/pytest
- web https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/21/5
- web https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13669
- web https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/14343
- web https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/commit/95d8423bd24992deea5b9df32555fa1741679e2c
- web https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/releases/tag/9.0.3