CVE-2024-34062: tqdm CLI arguments injection attack

May 3, 2024

Any optional non-boolean CLI arguments (e.g. --delim, --buf-size, --manpath) are passed through python’s eval, allowing arbitrary code execution. Example:

python -m tqdm --manpath="\" + str(exec(\"import os\nos.system('echo hi && killall python3')\")) + \""

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7vv-2v7x-gj9p
github.com/tqdm/tqdm
github.com/tqdm/tqdm/commit/4e613f84ed2ae029559f539464df83fa91feb316
github.com/tqdm/tqdm/security/advisories/GHSA-g7vv-2v7x-gj9p
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34062

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