CVE-2024-9287

Publication date 22 October 2024

Last updated 12 March 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated. Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie "./venv/bin/python") are not affected.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.7 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.10 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.10.12-1~22.04.7
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.11 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.12 24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.12.7-1ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.3
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.13 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.4 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
python3.5 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
python3.6 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.7 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.8 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.16
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.9 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation

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Notes

mdeslaur

USN-7116-1 states this was fixed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but the fix was incomplete.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python3.10
python3.11
python3.12
python3.13
python3.9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H