CVE-2024-9287 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated. Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie "./venv/bin/python") are not affected.
- Products
- python-py
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-9287
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2024-9287 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 22 Oct 2024, 17:15 UTC
A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated. Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie "./venv/bin/python") are not affected.
osv:AZL-109677
python-py
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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