Issue #5753: A new C API function, :cfunc:`PySys_SetArgvEx`, allows
embedders of the interpreter to set sys.argv without also modifying
sys.path. This helps fix `CVE-2008-5983
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983>`_.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1c4e174..237ed19 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
- Issue #7079: Fix a possible crash when closing a file object while using
it from another thread. Patch by Daniel Stutzbach.
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Issue #5753: A new C API function, :cfunc:`PySys_SetArgvEx`, allows
+ embedders of the interpreter to set sys.argv without also modifying
+ sys.path. This helps fix `CVE-2008-5983
+ <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983>`_.
+
Library
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