VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2024-53899

virtualenv before 20.26.6 allows command injection through the activation scripts for a virtual environment.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.57%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.57% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-78
Affected: virtualenv/virtualenv
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2768Exploit
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2771Patch
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/20.26.6Release Notes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.