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+.. bpo: 29778
+.. date: 2020-07-03-17-21-37
+.. nonce: cR_fGS
+.. release date: 2020-08-15
+.. section: Security
+
+Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
+embedded (CVE-2020-15523).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41004
+.. date: 2020-06-29-16-02-29
+.. nonce: ovF0KZ
+.. section: Security
+
+CVE-2020-14422: The __hash__() methods of  ipaddress.IPv4Interface and
+ipaddress.IPv6Interface incorrectly generated constant hash values of 32 and
+128 respectively. This resulted in always causing hash collisions. The fix
+uses hash() to generate hash values for the tuple of (address, mask length,
+network address).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39603
+.. date: 2020-02-12-14-17-39
+.. nonce: Gt3RSg
+.. section: Security
+
+Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters in
+http.client.putrequest(...).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41288
+.. date: 2020-07-13-15-06-35
+.. nonce: 8mn5P-
+.. section: Library
+
+Unpickling invalid NEWOBJ_EX opcode with the C implementation raises now
+UnpicklingError instead of crashing.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39017
+.. date: 2020-07-12-22-16-58
+.. nonce: x3Cg-9
+.. section: Library
+
+Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the
+tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).