CVE-2024-53899

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.57% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.1–9.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-77USprimaryCWE-77USCWE-77USCWE-78USCWE-78USCWE-78US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Python 3.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:python:python:3.6
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spacesall versionsfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeedall versionsfstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения virtualenv≤ 20.26.6fstec_bduRU
virtualenv virtualenv< 20.26.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:virtualenv:virtualenv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami virtualenv< 20.26.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/virtualenv
PyPI virtualenv< 20.26.6osvUSpkg:pypi/virtualenv

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-3682Python "virtualenv": Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2024-12-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Python "virtualenv" Paket ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
GHSA-rqc4-2hc7-8c8vvirtualenv allows command injection through activation scripts for a virtual environment2024-11-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
BIT-virtualenv-2024-538992024-11-27vendor · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2024-1872024-11-24vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (8)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-11-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

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