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CVE-2024-53899

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

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00226
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
virtualenv< 20.26.6
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI virtualenv HIGH fixed in 20.26.6
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · 2768github.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Nov 2024 · 04:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

13
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15252-1
usnUSN-7271-2
usnUSN-7271-1
msrcCVE-2024-53899
rhsaRHSA-2025:0892Important
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2771Patch
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/20.26.6Release Notes
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