CVE-2024-6923

Aug. 1, 2024, 7:36 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn’t properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
CPython

Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121650
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122233
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QH3BUOE2DYQBWP7NAQ7UNHPPOELKISRW/

Tags

CWE-94
cna@python.org
2024-08-01
CVE-2024-6923

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: LOW
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Date

  • Published: Aug. 1, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: Aug. 1, 2024, 7:36 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@python.org

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