GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7
Vulnerability from github
2.0 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
IPython provides an interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel to use Python interactively. Versions prior to 8.10.0 are vulnerable to command injection in the set_term_title
function under specific conditions. This has been patched in version 8.10.0.
Impact
Users are only vulnerable when calling this function in Windows in a Python environment where ctypes is not available. The dependency on ctypes in IPython.utils._process_win32
prevents the vulnerable code from ever being reached (making it effectively dead code). However, as a library that could be used by another tool, set_term_title
could introduce a vulnerability for dependencies. Currently set_term_title
is only called with (semi-)trusted input that contain the current working directory of the current IPython session. If an attacker can control directory names, and manage to get a user to cd
into this directory, then the attacker can execute arbitrary commands contained in the folder names.
{ "affected": [ { "ecosystem_specific": { "affected_functions": [ "IPython.utils.terminal.set_term_title" ] }, "package": { "ecosystem": "PyPI", "name": "ipython" }, "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "8.10.0" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" } ] } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2023-24816" ], "database_specific": { "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-20", "CWE-78" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2023-02-10T19:55:53Z", "nvd_published_at": "2023-02-10T20:15:00Z", "severity": "LOW" }, "details": "IPython provides an interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel to use Python interactively. Versions prior to 8.10.0 are vulnerable to command injection in the `set_term_title` [function](https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117) under specific conditions. This has been patched in version 8.10.0.\n\n### Impact \nUsers are only vulnerable when calling this function in Windows in a Python environment where [ctypes](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html) is not available. The dependency on ctypes in `IPython.utils._process_win32` prevents the vulnerable code from ever being reached (making it effectively dead code). However, as a library that could be used by another tool, `set_term_title` could introduce a vulnerability for dependencies. Currently `set_term_title` is only called with (semi-)trusted input that contain the current working directory of the current IPython session. If an attacker can control directory names, and manage to get a user to `cd` into this directory, then the attacker can execute arbitrary commands contained in the folder names.", "id": "GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7", "modified": "2024-09-24T20:44:43Z", "published": "2023-02-10T19:55:53Z", "references": [ { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/security/advisories/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7" }, { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24816" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/385d69325319a5972ee9b5983638e3617f21cb1f" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/991849c247fc208628879e7ca2923b3c218a5a75" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/Carreau/ipython/blob/7557ade0ed927475d5ab5b573d0ea4febfb22683/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst#ipython-810" }, { "type": "PACKAGE", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/56e6925dfa50e2c7f4a6471547b8176275db7c25/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py#L20" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2023-17.yaml" } ], "schema_version": "1.4.0", "severity": [ { "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L", "type": "CVSS_V3" }, { "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "type": "CVSS_V4" } ], "summary": "IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title" }
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