CVE-2022-24065 Command Injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via argument injection in the cookiecutter library when using the checkout parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-24065?
CVE-2022-24065 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The package cookiecutter before 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection via hg argument injection. When calling the cookiecutter function from Python code with the checkout parameter, it is passed to the hg checkout command in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24065?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including cookiecutter. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
cookiecutter PyPI | All versions | 2.1.1 |
cookiecutter PyPI | All versions | 2.1.1 |
cookiecutter PyPI | All versions | 2.1.1 |
Products include Cookiecutter Project Cookiecutter, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24065?
Upgrade cookiecutter to 2.1.1 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-24065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24065, GHSA-f4q6-9qm4-h8j4, MGASA-2022-0258, PYSEC-2022-204, SNYK-PYTHON-COOKIECUTTER-2414281, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24065.