ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability

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  "id": "3ec851222777c11607e63b2784f93b4dc6573786341ef5f7921e51c6f7a057f2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29189",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability",
    "summary": "PyAnsys Geometry is a Python client library for the Ansys Geometry service and other CAD Ansys products. On file src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py, upon calling this method _start_program directly, users could exploit its usage to perform malicious operations on the current machine where the script is ran. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.3 and 0.4.12.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-29189",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-29189",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-29189",
        "GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm",
        "PYSEC-2026-1127"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "f82346b9432b06532e84f3278125f5879b4e9f3f"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ansys:pyansys_geometry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0.3.0"
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                        "fixed": "0.3.3"
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          "versions": [
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.4.11",
            "v0.4.10",
            "v0.4.9",
            "v0.4.8",
            "v0.4.7",
            "v0.4.6",
            "v0.4.5",
            "v0.4.4",
            "v0.4.3",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.182181759Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.8/plugins/b602_subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true.html",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/blob/52cba1737a8a7812e5430099f715fa2160ec007b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py#L403-L428",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/29xxx/CVE-2024-29189.json",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/security/advisories/GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29189",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/902071701c4f3a8258cbaa46c28dc0a65442d1bc",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/f82346b9432b06532e84f3278125f5879b4e9f3f",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/pull/1076",
        "https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/pull/1077"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-78"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/29xxx/CVE-2024-29189.json"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497024,
  "published_at": "2024-03-26T02:50:34.984+00:00"
}