Re: Status of Python 3.11

"Dan Mahoney (ports)" <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:17:41 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports
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> On Jun 19, 2026, at 12:46 PM, Xavier Humbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There are known vulnerabilities in Python 3.11, however I can't see in UPDATING an entry for changing the current version. The only entry is
> 
>> 20240529:
>>   AFFECTS: users of python
>>   AUTHOR: [email protected]
>> 
>>   The default version of python3 and python was switched to 3.11.
>> 
> 
> What is the current recommended version ? Does the tips in this entry still apply ?

There are cherry-pickable patches for most of the post 3.11.15 CVEs, (python foundation has pushed back if some will be pushed into 3.11, but other OSes have locally patched) but I don't think the port has applied them locally.

-Dan