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OESA-2024-2481 (CVE-2024-9287)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2024-11-29 11:07 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:07 – Source website

Summary

python3 security update

Details

Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++ (or other languages, depending on the chosen implementation). Python is also usable as an extension language for applications written in other languages that need easy-to-use scripting or automation interfaces.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2024-9287)

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bu…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9287	ADVISORY

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CVE-2024-9287 (GCVE-0-2024-9287)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-22 16:34 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:33

Title

Virtual environment (venv) activation scripts don't quote paths

Summary

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-22 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Assigner

PSF mitre root Scorecard

References

12 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/124651	issue-tracking
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/124712	patch
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-an…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e52095a0…	patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/63355573…	patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8450b248…	patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9286ab3a…	patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ae961ae9…	patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d48cc82e…	patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2025042…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Python Software Foundation	CPython	Affected: 0 , < 3.9.21 (python) Affected: 3.10.0 , < 3.10.16 (python) Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.11 (python) Affected: 3.12.0 , < 3.12.8 (python) Affected: 3.13.0 , < 3.13.1 (python) Affected: 3.14.0a1 , < 3.14.0a2 (python)
python	cpython	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.13.0 (python) cpe:2.3:a:python:cpython::::::::

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