🛡️ CVE-2024-40647 on Debian — sentry-python

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

sentry-sdk is the official Python SDK for Sentry.io. A bug in Sentry's Python SDK < 2.8.0 allows the environment variables to be passed to subprocesses despite the env={} setting. In Python's subprocess calls, all environment variables are passed to subprocesses by default. However, if you specifically do not want them to be passed to subprocesses, you may use env argument in subprocess calls. Due to the bug in Sentry SDK, with the Stdlib integration enabled (which is enabled by default), this expectation is not fulfilled, and all environment variables are being passed to subprocesses instead. The issue has been patched in pull request #3251 and is included in sentry-sdk==2.8.0. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest SDK version. However, if it's not possible, and if passing environment variables to child processes poses a security risk for you, you can disable all default integrations.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-40647 as tracked by Debian, for the package sentry-python. The fix is available in version 2.16.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40647 is recorded against 1 package.

  • sentry-python (fixed in 2.16.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 July 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-40647 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-07-18
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
sentry-python — 2.16.0-1

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