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> Anecdotally, these basic mistakes seem to happen more in Node packages or JS-based projects

It's just bias. Python code is riddled with vulns - especially since it's all C under the hood.

https://hackernoon.com/python-sandbox-escape-via-a-memory-co...

Here's a great post that covers some issues in Python modules and why they're extra exploitable because they execute under CPython.

This is a particularly relevant quote:

> Perhaps less recognized is the fact that memory corruption bugs are reported in popular Python modules all the time without so much as a CVE, a security advisory, or even a mention of security fixes in release notes.



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