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PYSEC-2025-177

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2025-04-17 18:15 - Updated: 2026-05-21 14:54

Details

Pycel through 1.0b30, when operating on an untrusted spreadsheet, allows code execution via a crafted formula in a cell, such as one beginning with the =IF(A1=200, eval("import('os').system( substring.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

Impacted products

Name	purl
pycel	pkg:pypi/pycel

Aliases

CVE-2024-53924

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            },
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            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.0-beta4"
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            },
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  "id": "PYSEC-2025-177",
  "modified": "2026-05-21T14:54:39.909788Z",
  "published": "2025-04-17T18:15:47.603Z",
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/stephenrauch/pycel"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/pycel/"
    },
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      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/aelmosalamy/cb098e61939718d2bb248fd1cc94f287"
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  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2024-53924 (GCVE-0-2024-53924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 14:33

Summary

Pycel through 1.0b30, when operating on an untrusted spreadsheet, allows code execution via a crafted formula in a cell, such as one beginning with the =IF(A1=200, eval("__import__('os').system( substring.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://pypi.org/project/pycel/
https://github.com/stephenrauch/pycel
https://github.com/dgorissen/pycel
https://gist.github.com/aelmosalamy/cb098e6193971…

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PYSEC-2025-177

CVE-2024-53924 (GCVE-0-2024-53924)

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