The host is installed with Python 3.7.x through 3.7.15, and 3.8.x through 3.8.15, 3.9.x through 3.9.15, 3.10.x through 3.10.8 or 3.11.x before 3.11.1 and is prone to an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle an issue in all users with the "Add Python to PATH" option selected. Successful exploitation allows attackers without administrative permissions to trigger a repair operation of the PATH option to add incorrect additional paths to the system PATH variable, and then use search path hijacking to achieve escalation of privilege.