Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting py3-cassandra-medusa package, versions <0.23.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-PY3CASSANDRAMEDUSA-15411636
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed24 Nov 2024

Introduced: 24 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-53899  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi py3-cassandra-medusa to version 0.23.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-cassandra-medusa package and not the py3-cassandra-medusa package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

virtualenv before 20.26.6 allows command injection through the activation scripts for a virtual environment. Magic template strings are not quoted correctly when replacing. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2024-9287.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1