diff --git a/Lib/cProfile.py b/Lib/cProfile.py
index 9fc97883020840..44c028fe5e70e0 100755
--- a/Lib/cProfile.py
+++ b/Lib/cProfile.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 __all__ = ["run", "runctx", "Profile"]
 
 import _lsprof
+import io
 import profile as _pyprofile
 
 # ____________________________________________________________
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             progname = args[0]
             sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(progname))
-            with open(progname, 'rb') as fp:
+            with io.open_code(progname) as fp:
                 code = compile(fp.read(), progname, 'exec')
             globs = {
                 '__file__': progname,
diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index d8599fb4eebd66..90c4e4c9ff583e 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
 
+import io
 import sys
 import time
 import marshal
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             progname = args[0]
             sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(progname))
-            with open(progname, 'rb') as fp:
+            with io.open_code(progname) as fp:
                 code = compile(fp.read(), progname, 'exec')
             globs = {
                 '__file__': progname,
diff --git a/Lib/trace.py b/Lib/trace.py
index 213e46517d683d..fb9a423ea09fce 100755
--- a/Lib/trace.py
+++ b/Lib/trace.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 """
 __all__ = ['Trace', 'CoverageResults']
 
+import io
 import linecache
 import os
 import sys
@@ -716,7 +717,7 @@ def parse_ignore_dir(s):
             sys.argv = [opts.progname, *opts.arguments]
             sys.path[0] = os.path.dirname(opts.progname)
 
-            with open(opts.progname, 'rb') as fp:
+            with io.open_code(opts.progname) as fp:
                 code = compile(fp.read(), opts.progname, 'exec')
             # try to emulate __main__ namespace as much as possible
             globs = {
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-27-20-03-08.gh-issue-103935.Uaf2M0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-27-20-03-08.gh-issue-103935.Uaf2M0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..71b2d87249c47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-27-20-03-08.gh-issue-103935.Uaf2M0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use :func:`io.open_code` for files to be executed instead of raw :func:`open`