Unquoted Search Path or Element Affecting cpython package, versions [0,]
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- published8 May 2025
- disclosed22 Oct 2024
- credity5c4l3
Introduced: 22 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-9287 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unquoted Search Path or Element due to improper quoting of path names during the creation of virtual environments. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands when the virtual environment is activated by injecting commands into the activation scripts.
Note:
Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie ./venv/bin/python) are not affected.
PoC
envname='";uname -a;"'
mkdir "$envname"
cd "$envname"
python3 -m venv .
. ./bin/activate