🛡️ CVE-2024-9287 on Debian — pypy3

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-9287 as tracked by Debian, for the package pypy3. The fix is available in version 7.3.17+dfsg-3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-9287 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • pypy3 (fixed in 7.3.17+dfsg-3)
  • python3.11 (fixed in 3.11.2-6+deb12u5)
  • python3.13 (fixed in 3.13.1-1)
  • python3.9 (fixed in 3.9.2-1+deb11u2)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 October 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-2024-9287 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-10-22
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pypy3 — 7.3.17+dfsg-3
python3.11 — 3.11.2-6+deb12u5
python3.13 — 3.13.1-1
python3.9 — 3.9.2-1+deb11u2

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