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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-09-27 | Published 2024-10-22 | Updated 2025-07-23 | Assigner PSF




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS: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

Problem types

CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 3.9.21
affected

3.10.0 before 3.10.16
affected

3.11.0 before 3.11.11
affected

3.12.0 before 3.12.8
affected

3.13.0 before 3.13.1
affected

3.14.0a1 before 3.14.0a2
affected

References

github.com/python/cpython/issues/124651 issue-tracking

github.com/python/cpython/pull/124712 patch

mail.python.org/.../thread/RSPJ2B5JL22FG3TKUJ7D7DQ4N5JRRBZL/ vendor-advisory

github.com/...ommit/e52095a0c1005a87eed2276af7a1f2f66e2b6483 patch

github.com/...ommit/633555735a023d3e4d92ba31da35b1205f9ecbd7 patch

github.com/...ommit/8450b2482586857d689b6658f08de9c8179af7db patch

github.com/...ommit/9286ab3a107ea41bd3f3c3682ce2512692bdded8 patch

github.com/...ommit/ae961ae94bf19c8f8c7fbea3d1c25cc55ce8ae97 patch

github.com/...ommit/d48cc82ed25e26b02eb97c6263d95dcaa1e9111b patch

cve.org (CVE-2024-9287)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-9287)

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