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cookiecutter — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24065

The package cookiecutter before 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection via hg argument injection. When calling the cookiecutter function from Python code with the checkout parameter, it is passed to the hg checkout command in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

Products
cookiecutter
Affected versions
1.7.3-3, 2.6.0-1, 2.6.0-2
Fixed versions
2.6.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-24065
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24065

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jun 2022, 08:15 UTC

The package cookiecutter before 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection via hg argument injection. When calling the cookiecutter function from Python code with the checkout parameter, it is passed to the hg checkout command in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24065

cookiecutter

Fixed versions: Not specified

cookiecutter

Fixed versions: 2.6.0-1

cookiecutter

Fixed versions: 2.6.0-1

Complete source record
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