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virtualenv allows command injection through activation scripts for a virtual environment

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 24, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 13, 2025

Package

pip virtualenv (pip)

Affected versions

< 20.26.6

Patched versions

20.26.6

Description

virtualenv before 20.26.6 allows command injection through the activation scripts for a virtual environment. Magic template strings are not quoted correctly when replacing. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2024-9287.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 24, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 24, 2024
Reviewed Jan 13, 2025
Last updated Jan 13, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.089%
(40th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53899

GHSA ID

GHSA-rqc4-2hc7-8c8v

Source code

Credits

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