| Name | CVE-2024-53899 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python-virtualenv (PTS) | bullseye | 20.4.0+ds-2+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 20.17.1+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 20.28.0+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| python-virtualenv | source | (unstable) | 20.26.6+ds-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - python-virtualenv <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python-virtualenv <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2768
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2771
Fixed by: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/86dddeda7c991f8529e1995bbff280fb7b761972 (20.26.6)