What is CVE-2024-53899?

CVE-2024-53899 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virtualenv, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-53899?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-53899 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Virtualenv

CVE-2024-53899

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Virtualenv
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53899?: CVE-2024-53899 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virtualenv, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-53899?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-53899 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.