# CVE-2024-12215: Remote Code Execution in kedro-org/kedro

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution by tricking users into downloading malicious micro packages that execute arbitrary commands via setup.py.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rm69-wvpv-r2w7, PYSEC-2026-1485

## What is CVE-2024-12215?

CVE-2024-12215 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in kedro-org/kedro, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In kedro-org/kedro version 0.19.8, the `pull_package()` API function allows users to download and extract micro packages from the Internet. However, the function `project_wheel_metadata()` within the code path can execute the `setup.py` file inside the tar file, leading to remote code execution (RCE) by running arbitrary commands on the victim's machine.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12215?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including kedro.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kedro` | PyPI | All versions to 0.19.8 | None |
| `kedro` | PyPI | All versions to 0.19.8 | None |
| `kedro` | PyPI | All versions to 0.19.8 | None |

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12215 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12215 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12215 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in kedro-org/kedro, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12215 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- kedro (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.19.8; no fix listed
- kedro (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.19.8; no fix listed
- kedro (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.19.8; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12215/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.