From 9ed5652ae2c031a0fa4d85290b5dc2c3e9760f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 15:43:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #5899

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt | 4 ++--
 lib/core/settings.py    | 2 +-
 sqlmap.py               | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index f013144d1..842e3ca99 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-aa86123af7058e4d98ddaf50c40329c4ebf6b71233f605915ff3a21d34018449  lib/core/settings.py
+8fb2ee9cdf1f5b47eb51407a83fd876a5e44ef9235c04edf1f9263fad7869507  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ ab661b605012168d72f84a92ff7e233542df3825c66714c99073e56acea37e2e  plugins/generi
 535ab6ac8b8441a3758cee86df3e68abec8b43eee54e32777967252057915acc  sqlmapapi.py
 168309215af7dd5b0b71070e1770e72f1cbb29a3d8025143fb8aa0b88cd56b62  sqlmapapi.yaml
 4121621b1accd6099eed095e9aa48d6db6a4fdfa3bbc5eb569d54c050132cbbf  sqlmap.conf
-5f84b71134c9b1135b92767499a37c8ce2c39b2046facfdce16bb6a4dd455894  sqlmap.py
+515893a1105f06afb6e91d7a32d89ed350828244f2a4c638d36240b284a61363  sqlmap.py
 82caac95182ac5cae02eb7d8a2dc07e71389aeae6b838d3d3f402c9597eb086a  tamper/0eunion.py
 bc8f5e638578919e4e75a5b01a84b47456bac0fd540e600975a52408a3433460  tamper/apostrophemask.py
 c9c3d71f11de0140906d7b4f24fadb9926dc8eaf5adab864f8106275f05526ce  tamper/apostrophenullencode.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b3fcb83c7..06a282650 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.5.20"
+VERSION = "1.9.5.21"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 37d019e46..24718285a 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
-        elif "AttributeError: unable to access item" in excMsg and re.search(r"3\.11\.\d+a", sys.version):
+        elif "AttributeError:" in excMsg and re.search(r"3\.11\.\d+a", sys.version):
             errMsg = "there is a known issue when sqlmap is run with ALPHA versions of Python 3.11. "
-            errMsg += "Please downgrade to some stable Python version"
+            errMsg += "Please download a stable Python version"
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit