CVE-2024-53899: virtualenv allows command injection through activation scripts for a virtual environment

November 24, 2024 (updated January 13, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-rqc4-2hc7-8c8v
github.com/pypa/virtualenv
github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2768
github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2771
github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/20.26.6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53899

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