Python 3.8.18

Author: ambv

Include/patchlevel.h

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        8
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        17
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        18
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.17+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.18"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.

Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.18.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+.. date: 2023-08-22-17-39-12
+.. gh-issue: 108310
+.. nonce: fVM3sg
+.. release date: 2023-08-24
+.. section: Security
+
+Fixed an issue where instances of :class:`ssl.SSLSocket` were vulnerable to
+a bypass of the TLS handshake and included protections (like certificate
+verification) and treating sent unencrypted data as if it were
+post-handshake TLS encrypted data.  Security issue reported as
+`CVE-2023-40217
+<https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40217>`_ by Aapo
+Oksman. Patch by Gregory P. Smith.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-08-10-17-36-22
+.. gh-issue: 107845
+.. nonce: dABiMJ
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`tarfile.data_filter` now takes the location of symlinks into account
+when determining their target, so it will no longer reject some valid
+tarballs with ``LinkOutsideDestinationError``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2023-08-12-13-18-15
+.. gh-issue: 107565
+.. nonce: Tv22Ne
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Update multissltests and GitHub CI workflows to use OpenSSL 1.1.1v, 3.0.10,
+and 3.1.2.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-08-10-17-36-22.gh-issue-107845.dABiMJ.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.8.17
+This is Python version 3.8.18
 =============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.8