High severity · published Nov 24, 2024
CVE-2024-53899
virtualenv before 20.26.6 allows command injection through the activation scripts for a virtual environment
7.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
Virtualenv · Virtualenv
before 20.26.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53899
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53899
Exploit
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2768
Patch
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2771
Release Notes
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/20.26.6
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