# Can a fix for CVE-2022-26488 be available sooner than April 4th?

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/can-a-fix-for-cve-2022-26488-be-available-sooner-than-april-4th/14175>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/can-a-fix-for-cve-2022-26488-be-available-sooner-than-april-4th/14175 "2022-03-10T15:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![zware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/zware/32/58_2.png) [@zware](https://discuss.python.org/u/zware)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/can-a-fix-for-cve-2022-26488-be-available-sooner-than-april-4th/14175/2 "2022-03-10T16:09:28Z")

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Releases were planned for [March 14th](https://discuss.python.org/t/py-day-is-coming-a-joint-security-release-spree-for-python-3-7-3-8-3-9-and-3-10-on-march-14th/14109), but due to an impending OpenSSL update scheduled for [March 15th](https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2022-March/000216.html), the Python releases will be postponed long enough to include OpenSSL 1.1.1n in the Windows and macOS installers.

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