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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2024-34062

Severity Medium
Score 4.8/10

Summary

tqdm is an open source progress bar for Python and CLI. Any optional non-boolean CLI arguments (e.g. `--delim`, `--buf-size`, `--manpath`) are passed through python's `eval`, allowing Arbitrary Code Execution. This issue is only locally exploitable. This issue affects tqdm versions 4.4.0 through 4.66.2. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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  • LOCAL
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  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

Advisory Timeline

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