CVE-2024-9287: medium-severity vulnerability in Python Software Foundation CPython
Virtual environment (venv) activation scripts don't quote paths
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 0.6%
A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated. Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie "./venv/bin/python") are not affected.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green
Affected products
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References
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/633555735a023d3e4d92ba31da35b1205f9ecbd7https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8450b2482586857d689b6658f08de9c8179af7dbhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9286ab3a107ea41bd3f3c3682ce2512692bdded8https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ae961ae94bf19c8f8c7fbea3d1c25cc55ce8ae97https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d48cc82ed25e26b02eb97c6263d95dcaa1e9111bhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e52095a0c1005a87eed2276af7a1f2f66e2b6483https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/124651https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/124712https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00024.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.htmlhttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/RSPJ2B5JL22FG3TKUJ7D7DQ4N5JRRBZL/https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0006/