VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-6923
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn’t properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Source
- cna@python.org
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/06f28dc236708f72871c64d4bc4b4ea144c50147
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/097633981879b3c9de9a1dd120d3aa585ecc2384
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4766d1200fdf8b6728137aa2927a297e224d5fa7
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4aaa4259b5a6e664b7316a4d60bdec7ee0f124d0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b158a76ce094897c870fb6b3de62887b7ccc33f1
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7be505d137a22528cb0fc004422c0081d5d90e6
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7c0f09e69e950cf3c5ada9dbde93898eb975533
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121650
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122233
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QH3BUOE2DYQBWP7NAQ7UNHPPOELKISRW/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/02/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00005.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240926-0003/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.